. The Geo H. Mellen Co. Innisfallen Greenhouses. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Urbana Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Innisfallen Greenhouses, Springfield, Ohio. 43 BEG© Argentea Guttata. ARGENTEA GUTTATA. This variety is an introduction of M. Lemoine, and is a cross between Olbia and Alba Picta. This beautiful sort has the silvery blotches of Alba Picta and the grace and beauty of growth of Olbia. It has purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with silvery markings, and is in every way a most beautiful Beg
. The Geo H. Mellen Co. Innisfallen Greenhouses. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Urbana Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Innisfallen Greenhouses, Springfield, Ohio. 43 BEG© Argentea Guttata. ARGENTEA GUTTATA. This variety is an introduction of M. Lemoine, and is a cross between Olbia and Alba Picta. This beautiful sort has the silvery blotches of Alba Picta and the grace and beauty of growth of Olbia. It has purple-bronze leaves, oblong in shape, with silvery markings, and is in every way a most beautiful Begonia. It produces white flowers in bunches on ends of growth stems. It will be splendid for house culture. ALBA PERFECTA GRANDIFLORA- We doubt if there is a white-flowered variety that equals it. The foliage re- sembles Rubra in shape, but is a lighter green, while the flower panicles are much handsomer. It is a pure white flowering Begonia of much merit. Try it. ALBA PICTA. Long, pointed, slender spotted with silvery-white. Foliage small and elegant. ARGYROSTIGMA PICTA. A handsome, compact-growing va- riety. Leaves a silvery-green, dotted white, smooth and glossy. Flowers a lemon-white, produced in corymbs. Magnificent pot plant. BERTHA DE CHATEAUROCHER. Next to Dewdrop, this is the freest-flowering Begonia we have. It blooms the year round, makes a handsome window plant with its beau- tiful foliage and bright currant-red flowers. DEWDROP. Is always in bloom; will stand the strong sun during Summer, and is one of the finest plants ever introduced. Flowering Begonias are the most satisfactory plants for house decoration, and if different varieties are used a succession of bloom can be had all through the Winter. In the new Begonia Dewdrop we have the best flowering Begonia ever obtained. DECORA. A shrubby variety, with dark green leaves, profusely marked with spots of silver-gray, after the style of Argyrostigma. FEASTII. A low, spreading Begonia, with perfectly
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