. Descriptive list of plants. Nursery stock New Hampshire Keene Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock; Plants, Ornamental; Flowers; Vegetables. 14 ELLIS BBOTHEB S' CA TAUOG Argentea Guttata. This variety has purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with silvery markings, and is in every way a most beautiful Begonia. It produces white flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems. It will be splendid for house culture. (See cut.) Price 15 cts. Perle de Paris (Rex). Leaf cup-shaped, of a clear dark metallic silvery color with a reddish
. Descriptive list of plants. Nursery stock New Hampshire Keene Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock; Plants, Ornamental; Flowers; Vegetables. 14 ELLIS BBOTHEB S' CA TAUOG Argentea Guttata. This variety has purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with silvery markings, and is in every way a most beautiful Begonia. It produces white flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems. It will be splendid for house culture. (See cut.) Price 15 cts. Perle de Paris (Rex). Leaf cup-shaped, of a clear dark metallic silvery color with a reddish tint; back of leaf red and green. One of the best large leaved varieties. Price 25 cts. Dewdrop. One of the best flow- ering Begonias ever obtained. Its graceful flowers are produced in pro- fusion during the winter months : it can be planted out in the strong sun in the spring, and will be one mass of bloom the entire summer. It will grow and thrive anywhere, and requires no more care than a Geranium. Flow- ers white, tinted pink. • Price 10 cts. Tuberous-rooted. These splendid new Begonias are very beautiful, and unsur- passed for bedding or pot culture. The plants present a striking appearance, being covered with magnificent showy flowers. The bulbs or tubers can be easily grown, requiring like Gloxinias. light loamy soil and a somewhat shaded ^jj situation. After blooming all summer, the bulbs, if in beds, should be taken up in November, dried off like Gladiolus, and packed in a box of coarse sand placed in a dry place, secure from cold: they will then be ready for the next season. If in pots, they can be gradually dried off in November by withholding water: when well dried out. put the pots containing bulbs in a dry warm place, until spring, when the roots should be shaken out and re-potted. All our bulbs of this variety are from the celebrated Griffin strain, the most noted in the world. We can furnish the following colors : red, white, pink and yellow. All very strong
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