. 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. 148 BEGONIA BEGONIA Tnicropkylla, WiUd. Is B. foliosa, No. 14. minidta, Plancli. & Linden. Is B. fuchsioides, No. 13. 62. Madam de Lesseps. Fig. 212. Strong, erect grower : Ivs. acutely lobed, large, margins serrate, green above, red and strongly veined below: fls. large, white, in axillary clusters, males
. 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. 148 BEGONIA BEGONIA Tnicropkylla, WiUd. Is B. foliosa, No. 14. minidta, Plancli. & Linden. Is B. fuchsioides, No. 13. 62. Madam de Lesseps. Fig. 212. Strong, erect grower : Ivs. acutely lobed, large, margins serrate, green above, red and strongly veined below: fls. large, white, in axillary clusters, males insignificant. 63. nelumbiifblia, Cham. & ScH. (B. hemandiEefolia, Hort.). St. a short, thick rhizome: Ivs. large, 12-18 in. long, 8-12 in. wide, peltate, bairy on the under side : fls. small, white or rose-colored. Mex. EoezUi, Kegel. See B. Lyncheana, No. 61. 64. B,Pa^tlBruant {) ). , tbick : Ivs. large, olive-green tinged with red, deeply lobed : petioles large, long, striped with red ; a ring of fine hairs at the junction of petiole and leaf: fls. abundant, pale pink, large, on long pe- duncles. 1888. p. 544.—Int. by Braant in 1892. 65. President Camot. Fig. 213. Plant, 2-6 ft. high, leggy: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acute-lobed, ribs on the under side red : fls. in a large cluster; males small, insignificant; females large, bright red-carmine, 2 in. long, including capsule.—Striking. 66. Sdndersoni, hybrid (origin not known. B. Digwelliana, Hort.). Fls. scarlet. 1882. Sauli. See below B. Feastii, No. 53. 67. stigmdsa, TAnAl. St. a short, creeping rhizome: Ivs. large, cordate-acute, irregularly toothed, smooth above, hairy beneath, green, with pnrple-brown blotches : fls. insignificant, white, in cymose panicles. Mex. 68. subpeltdta nigricans, Hort. {B. nigricans, Hort.). Plant, 2-3 ft. high : Ivs. ovate, acuminate, blood-red below, silvery and slightly hairy above, 4-8 in. long, 2-4 in. across : fls. rose-pink, profuse: capsule wings equal,
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