E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1895hunt Year: 1895 74 E. H. HUNT, SEEDSMAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A BED OF TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. THESE are among the very handsomest of our Summer blooming plants, flowering throughout the season, as fine and varied in their colors as the Geranium family. They are splendid bedders, delighting in a light soil of woods earth, very old cow-manure, and sharp sand. See that the bed is in partial shade, and you will be delighted with the results. In the South or where they can not be planted in the shade of a house, a covering of burlap or c
E. H. Hunt : seedsman ehhuntseedsman1895hunt Year: 1895 74 E. H. HUNT, SEEDSMAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A BED OF TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. TUBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. THESE are among the very handsomest of our Summer blooming plants, flowering throughout the season, as fine and varied in their colors as the Geranium family. They are splendid bedders, delighting in a light soil of woods earth, very old cow-manure, and sharp sand. See that the bed is in partial shade, and you will be delighted with the results. In the South or where they can not be planted in the shade of a house, a covering of burlap or canvas, some six or eight feet above them, merely to throw off the sun's rays, will allow them to come to absolute perfection, but they must have plenty of light and air. Do not allow them to become dry, and during hot weather they will take two waterings a day. When through flowering they can be dried off, shaken free of earth, and wrapped in cotton until February or March, when they may be started again. Single 'White, rink, Scarlet and Yellow, colors separate, each, 10c; doz., Single Varieties Mixed, ea, 10c; doz., 85c Double 44 44 ' 20c; ' $ GLOXINIA. CINNAMON VINE. A charming class of summer blooming bulbs which succeed with ordinary care. They should be grown in a moderately shady place, as the sun burns foliage when wet, making brown spots appear. If planted in frames they will thrive admirably and produce their lovely flowers from June to September. After planting the bulbs in a mixture of fibrous peat, light loam, manure and sand in equal parts, they require but little heat or water until they show signs of growth, when the quantity of moisture and heat may be increased. Air should be plentifully supplied to prevent damping off. When the plants have done blooming dry off gradually, and keep in pots over winter in a moderately warm place, or under the staging of a green-house. Each, 20c; per doz., CINNAMON VINE. This beautiful climber possesses the
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