. Catalogue of floral beauties, for the spring of 1896. Nursery stock Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Roses; Plants, Ornamental. Qnadricolor.—Center a good red surrounded by a silvery- white zone, banded with light soft green, with a ruffled edge of bright red. Very beautiful. (Jneen Victoria.—Bright silver green of crepe-like texture and reddish veins and fluted edge. Roi PerdMajor.—Extra large leaf of fine silver, small dark starry center and edge embroidered in the same dark shade. Extra fine. Bex, or King of
. Catalogue of floral beauties, for the spring of 1896. Nursery stock Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Roses; Plants, Ornamental. Qnadricolor.—Center a good red surrounded by a silvery- white zone, banded with light soft green, with a ruffled edge of bright red. Very beautiful. (Jneen Victoria.—Bright silver green of crepe-like texture and reddish veins and fluted edge. Roi PerdMajor.—Extra large leaf of fine silver, small dark starry center and edge embroidered in the same dark shade. Extra fine. Bex, or King of th* Begonias —One of the most effective of its class, though the oldest variety. Of a beautiful me- tallic luster, center and edge a soft velvety-green, with a broad silver zone terminating at the point. The fbfiage of this Begonia on well-grown specimens is so massive and growth so majestic as to awe the beholder. Indeed we doubt if we have a handsomer plant than this. It is of the very easiest culture. Any one can succeed with it. Siebold —Dark, reddish green center, very broad, light me- tallic band, this bordered again with a bright medium shade of green, all surrounded by a dark, ruffled edge, beautifully mottled. TUBEROUS ROOTED BEGONIAS. These are among the very handsomest of our Summer blooming plants, flowering throughout the season, and as fine and varied in their color as the Geranium family. They are splendid bedders, delighting in a light soil of woods earth, very old cow manure and sharp sand. See that the bed is in partial shade,and you will be delighted with the re- sults. In the South, or where they cannot be planted in the shade of a house, a covering of burlap or canvas, some six or eight feet above them, merely to throw off the sun's rays, will allow them to come to absolute perfection, but they must have plenty of light and air. Do not allow them to be- come dry; and during hot weather they will take two water- ings a day. When through flowering t
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