. Dreer's mid-summer list : strawberry, celery and other seasonable plants, seeds etc. July 1894 August. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. 16 DREER'S MID-SUMMER Begonia Countess Louise Erdody. The leaf, which has a metallic lustre, appears dark silvery in the centre, shading into coppery rose to- ward the margin, which is broadly and evenly edged with the same hue, but darker and more brilliant. The striking peculiarity, however, which distin- guishes it from all other Begonias, is that th


. Dreer's mid-summer list : strawberry, celery and other seasonable plants, seeds etc. July 1894 August. Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs. 16 DREER'S MID-SUMMER Begonia Countess Louise Erdody. The leaf, which has a metallic lustre, appears dark silvery in the centre, shading into coppery rose to- ward the margin, which is broadly and evenly edged with the same hue, but darker and more brilliant. The striking peculiarity, however, which distin- guishes it from all other Begonias, is that the two lobes at the base of the leaf do not grow side by side, but one of them winds in a spiral-like way until in a full-grown leaf there are lour of these twists lying on the top of the leaf nearly two inches high. 25 cents Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer


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