. Childs' rare flowers, fruits and vegetables. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees. BEGQNIAffl Ne\V J^ex gegoi>ias* These new varieties of Beeonia Rex are of our own origin,and they far excel any that have previously been in cultivation. The colors and markings of the leaves are ex- ceedingly varied and rich. Crimson Glow—Magnificent large leaves, center half of which is a rich,
. Childs' rare flowers, fruits and vegetables. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees. BEGQNIAffl Ne\V J^ex gegoi>ias* These new varieties of Beeonia Rex are of our own origin,and they far excel any that have previously been in cultivation. The colors and markings of the leaves are ex- ceedingly varied and rich. Crimson Glow—Magnificent large leaves, center half of which is a rich, metallic crimson, which graduates into a wide zone of light green with lace-like veins, the rim of the leaf having a distinct border of the same metallic crimson as the center. Midnight—Elegant leaves almost black in color, variegated with large pink blotches, with irridescent glow. Fireflush—Immense leaf, silvery colored, bordered dark purplish-green, and with a dark center. The whole lea: flushed with crimson-pink. Storm Cloud—Rich dark color, a sort of blackish-green with purple lustre, and large, pure silvery spots. Monster—Leaf, feet across. Color, pure silver, yeihea with dark green. Emperor William—Very light green leaves, overlaid with fine crimson. Entirely distinct. Mikado—Large silvery gray leaves,bordered maroon ulack. with a blush-ribbed center flushed crimson. Cajar Nicholas—A beautiful stipple of green and silver with a fineiy flushed center. Alfonso—Silvery green with a dark border filled with con- spicuous silver spots. Exceedinglynovel and fine. Edward IV—Deep maroon black with a striking zone of rn'nk and silver spots. Grand. Victor—An o^ldly colored leaf of a peculiar dark shad© reg- ularly and densely specked. New Spotted—SuDerbly spotted foliage. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; the 12 for $ Nc\V Begonia, Gracilis ixlmrjiparia. For bedding it stands the hot sun and drouth, blooming abundantly all the time from early till late. In the
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