. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. tlMADRBR^)nilADaPHiAPA-&l?ELIABL[FLOW[RSEE^ DtH G5 BEGOXIAS. Everblooming Bedding Varieties. The following are varieties of Begonia Seniperjlorens, and take rank as bedding plants with geraniums and coleus, doing equally well in lull sunlight, and surpassing both in posi- tions partially or wholly in shade. Furthermore, they are as easily raised from seed as the ordinary annuals, and can be started in ear
. Dreer's 1901 garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. tlMADRBR^)nilADaPHiAPA-&l?ELIABL[FLOW[RSEE^ DtH G5 BEGOXIAS. Everblooming Bedding Varieties. The following are varieties of Begonia Seniperjlorens, and take rank as bedding plants with geraniums and coleus, doing equally well in lull sunlight, and surpassing both in posi- tions partially or wholly in shade. Furthermore, they are as easily raised from seed as the ordinary annuals, and can be started in early spring in a hot-bed or window, and have nice plants ready to set out in May, thus saving all the room usually given to the carrying over of bedding plants. 'Ihey are of sturdy growth, growing about 1 foot high and forming dense bushes, which, from May until host, are completely hidden with floweis. As pot plants for winter flowering they are superb, remaining a sheet of bloom through- out the entire year. pek p^x. 1561 Coral Geill. A most distinct and attractive variety of pale rose or peach color 15 1562 Crimson Gem. The most brilliant of all; flowers deep, rich red, loliage brunzycrimson ; very effective in beds 15 1563 DiK'hess of Jidinblirg-li. White, suffused with blush-pink; very large flowers 15 1565 Gracilis. A very pretty half-dwarf variety, growing into compact plants, 8 to 10 inches high, densely covered with handsome flowers ol a delicate rose color. Blooms profusely the entire season, ind is ad- mirably adapted for edgings, borders, or pot culture. (See cut.) .... 1571 Vernon. Bright orange-carmine flowers, deep red foliage, making a fine contrast 1573 Vernon Grandifiora. A large flowering form of the above, with which it is identical in growth, floriferousness and color. The flower is nearly twice the size of the type, and, therefore, showier and more de- sirable, and is one of ihe best bright-red summer-flowciiiig plants for semi-shaded beds or borders; grows
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