. The Geo. H. Mellen Co. : 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Alba Picta. I *Aiba Picta? "'" * * * *" t Long, pointed, slender leaves, thickly spotted with sil- ⦠| very-white. Foliage small and elegant. | Argentea Guttata. t *Argentea Guttata. | This variety is an introduction of M. Lemoine, and is a ⦠cross between Olbia and Alba Picta, This beautiful sort I has the silvery blotches of Alba Picta, the grace and I beauty of growth of Olbia. It has purple bronze leaves, | oblong in sh
. The Geo. H. Mellen Co. : 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Alba Picta. I *Aiba Picta? "'" * * * *" t Long, pointed, slender leaves, thickly spotted with sil- ⦠| very-white. Foliage small and elegant. | Argentea Guttata. t *Argentea Guttata. | This variety is an introduction of M. Lemoine, and is a ⦠cross between Olbia and Alba Picta, This beautiful sort I has the silvery blotches of Alba Picta, the grace and I beauty of growth of Olbia. It has purple bronze leaves, | oblong in shape, with silvery markings, and is in every I way a most beautiful Begonia. Produces white flowers in ⦠bunches on ends of growth stems. Good for house culture. *Fuchsoides Coccinea. Elegant, free-blooming variety. It resembles Hybrid* Multiflora in growth. The flowers are bright scarlet. *M'Bethii. Foliage fernlike; panicles of pure white flowers produced in great profusion. Most persistent bloomer of the Begonias ; supercedes Richardsonii, which variety it resembles in foliage. *Sandersoni. Bushy growing variety; glossy deep green leaves; flowers in clusters of drooping, scarlet, heart-shaped buds, â iiiiiiiimiiiiiim â â â â â â â â â in â iiiiiiiiiiiiiimmimiiiimiiiiiiiiii REX BEGONIAS. The Begonia Rex is the king of foliage plants, far out-show- ing all others. It seems to feed on the richest metals of the soil, and to spread their lustrous tints over its leaves, which thus becomes an illuminated map oi; the mineral king- dom. Give them a soil composed of rich loam, woods earth and sharp sand. They require a warm, moist- atmosphere, and a shady situation; suitable for wardian cases. Do not allow the sun to strike the leaves while wet, and do not over water. "We have a large variety of these plants. Our collection includes all the different colors and forms known among this beautiful and ornamental plant. Nothing can surpass them for the window or conse
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