. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BEGONIA BELLADONNA LILY 151 of grey, tinged with red on the under side : fls. large, fleshy, pink : ovary curiously crinkled along the angles. Assam. 4984.—Int. by Henderson, England, in 1856. 101. , Roxb. St. perennial : Ivs. roundly ovate, lobed, pubescent, black-purple, with a broad zone of gre
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. BEGONIA BELLADONNA LILY 151 of grey, tinged with red on the under side : fls. large, fleshy, pink : ovary curiously crinkled along the angles. Assam. 4984.—Int. by Henderson, England, in 1856. 101. , Roxb. St. perennial : Ivs. roundly ovate, lobed, pubescent, black-purple, with a broad zone of green, reddish on the under side : fls. as in B. Rex. India, S. China. to Kew in 1857. Var. BowringifLna, Hort,, has green Ivs. and rosy fls. 5182. 102. xanthlna, Hook. Similar to ^. JSear, and probably only a form of that species : Ivs. large, fleshy, cordate- ovate, acuminate, sinuate-ciliated, dark green above, purplish beneath : fls. yellow : capsule with one large wing. pictifdlia, Hort., 5102. Var. Ldzuli, 5107. 103. R6x, Putz. Fig. 220. St. a short, fleshy rhizome, from which spring the long-stalked, large, ovate, wavy Ivs., which are hairy and colored a rich metallic green, with a zone of silvery grey: peduncles erect : fls. large, rose-tinted, males 2 in. across, with 4 unequal petals ; females smaller, with 5 nearly equal petals : ovary 3- angled, with 2 short and 1 long wing. Assam. 12:1255-1258. magnificent species is the principal parent in the production of the numerous ornamental-foliage d Begonias. It has been crossed with a few species in the first place, and then hybrid ' seedlings have been raised again and again from the progeny. Fig. 220 is a copy of a part of the original fig- ure in Flore des Serres (1857), and is given here for the purpose of showing what this species was like when first known to horticulturists. Following are some of the derivative types of Rex Begonias: 104. Rex y. disc
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