. 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. BEGONIA BEGONIA 147 D0. Stem erect. - 36. Olbia, Kerchove. St. leathery, 2-3 ft. high : Ivs. lobed, hairy and olive-green above, smooth and red be- neath, margins reddish, petioles grooved, smooth, veins prominent as dark lines: fls. concealed by Ivs., in small clusters directly on the St. without peduncles, la
. 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. BEGONIA BEGONIA 147 D0. Stem erect. - 36. Olbia, Kerchove. St. leathery, 2-3 ft. high : Ivs. lobed, hairy and olive-green above, smooth and red be- neath, margins reddish, petioles grooved, smooth, veins prominent as dark lines: fls. concealed by Ivs., in small clusters directly on the St. without peduncles, large, white, male and female in same cluster. Braz. 37. Teiischeri, Lind. St. 2-H ft. high, erect, strong grower: Ivs. large, acutely lobed, ovate-lanceolate, mar- gins serrate, bright green above, with greyish blotches, red-veined below: fls. in axillary clusters, bright red, large. Malaya. :358. 38. argfinteo-gTittS-ta, Hort. {B. dlbo-pictaxOlbia). Profusely branching : Ivs. shining green, ovate-acumi- nate, slightly lobed, smooth, 2Kin. wide, 3-5 in. long, thickly dotted with white spots: fls. in clusters, variable; petals white, tinged with pink: capsule rose-pink.âInt. by Lemoine, 1889. SUPPLEMENTARY LIST âFIBKOUS-ROOTED. 39. Abundance (B. fuchsioidesXsemperflorens). Plant, 2 ft. high ; st, reddish : Ivs. glossy green, ovate, 2 in. long, dentate; fls. rose-pink.âInt. by Lemoine in 1891. 40. Am^;ioB(). Plant,: Ivs. green, broadly ovate, smooth : lis. rose-colored. " âInt. by Bruant in 1886. 41. anguldris, Eaddi (B. zebrina, Hort.). St. smooth, suc- culent, 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. elongate, ovate-acuminate, margins undulate, shiny gi'een, veins "white; fls. insignificant, light pink. Braz. 42. Ascotiinsi^, Webh, Lvs. ovate, 2 in. long, smooth, brown, margin green, dentate: fls. on peduncles 4 in. long, bright red. 43. Bertha de Chateaurocher, Hort. Yar. of B. Ascotiensis: fls. bright currant-red.â Useful for cut-flowers. â 44. Bijou d
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