. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Balloon Begonia DouBLE Camellia-flowehkd Balsam. BEGONIAS. Everblooming Bedding Varieties. The following are varieties of Begonia Semper- Jlorens, and take rank as bedding plants with geraniums and coleus, doing equally well in full sunlight, and surpassing both in positions partially or wholly in shade. They are of sturdy growth, growing about 1 foot hi'gh and forming dense bushes, which
. Dreer's garden book : 1905. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Balloon Begonia DouBLE Camellia-flowehkd Balsam. BEGONIAS. Everblooming Bedding Varieties. The following are varieties of Begonia Semper- Jlorens, and take rank as bedding plants with geraniums and coleus, doing equally well in full sunlight, and surpassing both in positions partially or wholly in shade. They are of sturdy growth, growing about 1 foot hi'gh and forming dense bushes, which, from May until fiost, are completely hidden with flowers. As pot plants for winter flowering they are superb, remaining a sheet of bloom throughout the entire year. Easily raised from seed.* (See cut.) phr pkt. 1565 Gracilis. A very pretty half-dwarf variety, 8 to 10 inches high, densely covered with handsome flowers of a delicate rose color '. 15 1571 Vernon. Bright orange- carmine flowers, deep red foliage 10 1573 Vernon Qrandif lora. A large-flowering form of the above, with which it is iden- tical in growth, fioriferousness and color. The flower is nearly twice the size of the type 15 1574 Semperflorens, Double Mixed. Many double-flowering varieties have been introduced in the last few years. The seed here cfiered has been saved from one of the best collections in Europe 25 1560 Semperflorens, Single ilixed. This mixture contains all the best varieties, ranging in color from pure white to the deepest crimson; splendid 10 TXJBEROUS-ROOTED BEGONIAS. Plants of great value for summer decoration or window gardening, blooming the first season from seed, if sown in February or March, in a temperature of 60 degrees. To secure the best of results they should be planted out as soon as the ground becomes warm. They are covered the whole summer with bright and elegant flowers. 1567 Frilled. This strain is unquestionably the finest of the tuberous- rooted section. The flowers are of l
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