. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . 521. Begonia Ingianui CXM)- No. 68. 74. acuminata, Dry. Slender, 3-4 ft.: sts. nearly orquite smooth: Ivs.
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . 521. Begonia Ingianui CXM)- No. 68. 74. acuminata, Dry. Slender, 3-4 ft.: sts. nearly orquite smooth: Ivs. 2-3 in. long, oblique-ovate, taper-ing to the point, toothed and serrate, the margin andveins underneath hairy: fls. white, 3-5 on a peduncle,nearly 1 in. across, spring and summer. Jamaica.—A 4S0 BEGOXIA BEGONIA useful plant for prowin^ in baskets, tliriviiiK aiul flower-ing fnvlv in a sunnv position in a cool airy ( to Kew in lf10. 4025. ilbo-picta, Hort. t^lirubliy, compact growth,freely bnuiehixl: h-s. elhptical, lanceolate, covered with. 522. Begonia Scharffiana. No. .SQ. numerous small silvery white spots: fls. greenish white,males with 2 broad and 2 narrow petals, females of 5eubequal petals. Brazil.—. elegant foliage plant,especially in the young state. Intro, by Bull in 1885. BB. Phnlfs low-growing, diffuse. 76. Schmidtiana, llegcl {B. Schmidtii, Hort.). Her-baceous or half-shrubby, slender-branched, 1 ft. or lessin height, the branches red-tinged: , toothed, hairy, about 2 in. long, beneath: fls. white, tinted withrose. Brazil. 1S83, pp. .56-7. , pp. 268-9.—.\ very useful plant forsummer bedding. Xiuned for Mr. Schmidt,of the firm of Haage & Schmidt, rdsea, Hort., has rose-red fls. BBB. Plants stiff, succulent, while-scurfy. 77. pelt^ta, Hassk. (B. HcUskarlii, Zoll.).Upright: st. perennial: Ivs. [)eltate, ovate-acuminate, very thick and succulent,covered with a tomentum, 6-9 in.
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