. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. BODDINGTON'S ^yUCttltl/ BULBS 81 Boddington's Novelty Begonias Begonia Socotrana (The parent of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine) Brought to Europe from the island of Socotra. In it-^ native country it grows in moist, deep valleys in a soil consisting of decomposed leaves. It therefore likes best an equally light soil and a moderatel\- warm and damp place. Each of the pea-sized bulbs produces the following winter a flowering plant, which, with its dark green circular leaves, makes a grand specimen. Tlie flower
. Boddington's quality bulbs, seeds and plants / Arthur T. Nursery Catalogue. BODDINGTON'S ^yUCttltl/ BULBS 81 Boddington's Novelty Begonias Begonia Socotrana (The parent of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine) Brought to Europe from the island of Socotra. In it-^ native country it grows in moist, deep valleys in a soil consisting of decomposed leaves. It therefore likes best an equally light soil and a moderatel\- warm and damp place. Each of the pea-sized bulbs produces the following winter a flowering plant, which, with its dark green circular leaves, makes a grand specimen. Tlie flowers are of a magnificent, shining rose-color and form loose umbels u]ion strong stems, and compaies very favorably with the Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, of which it is one of the 20 cts. each, $2 per doz., S15 per 100. Begonia W^orthiana This is a dwarf variety of the Bcs;onia Berlini, ex- cellent and very free-flowering, whii h we sent out last year. It is a continuous bloomer, and tlie brilliant red flowers are borne in great profusion. It will make an excellent bedding variety, and will also be found very useful as an edging for the large-flowered tuberous kinds, or, for that matter, for any beds of summer-flow- ering plants, and in time will supersede the Vernon and other varieties of that type. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz., %i2 per Boddington's Quality Large-flowering Tuberous-rooted Begonias Boddington's Beautiful Butterfly Begonias BEGONIA HYBRIDS, "THE BUTTERFLY" This Begonia is a " sport " from Begonia crecla picla marmorata and a great improvement upon it. The flowers are larger, and the white niottlings are more profuse, giving to filooms a charming and unitiue appearance. , all colors, 25 cts. each, $ per doz., $18 per 100. THE HYBRID TUBEROUS BEGONIAS, DUKE ZEPPLIN AND LAFAYETTE These two new double Hybrid Tuberous-rooted Begonias are both of unusual merit, and in color, when grown either as pot-plants or planted in partially
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