Archive image from page 178 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer01bail1 Year: 1900 215. Begonia Socotrana (X i). No. 72. on stout, hairy petioles, 2-6 in. long, orbicular, reniforin, concave, margins lobed, red, toothed : fls. 2 in. across, rose-red. Peru. .5680.âLight colored seedlings
Archive image from page 178 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer01bail1 Year: 1900 215. Begonia Socotrana (X i). No. 72. on stout, hairy petioles, 2-6 in. long, orbicular, reniforin, concave, margins lobed, red, toothed : fls. 2 in. across, rose-red. Peru. .5680.âLight colored seedlings ot' this species gave rise to Queen of Whites, put into com- raerce in 1878, and destined to be a most important factor in subsequent garden forms of the same color. Int. in 1867. 80. geranioides, Hook. Stemless, rootstock fleshy : Ivs. radical, reniform, 6 in. across, lobed and toothed, green, hairy, petioles 8 in. long: peduncles erect, 6-12 in. long, reddish, hairy, bearing a lax panicle of fls., each IHin. across, pure white, with a button-like cluster of yellow anthers. Natal. .5583. âPlanted in a border in a sunny greenhouse, this is a fine Begonia, flowering profusely during Oct. and Nov. Int. to Kew in 1866. AA. St. present. B. Color of fls. cinnabar-red, orange-red, briglii red or scarlet. 81. Bolivifensis, A. DC. St. herbaceous, succulent, 2 ft. high, branching : Ivs. lanceolate, acuminate, ser- rate, 3-5 in. long : fls. in drooping panicles, cinnabar- scarlet, fuchsia-like ; males twice as large as females. Bolivia. 5657.âThe first Tuberous Begonia intro- duced into England, 1864. 82. VMtchii, Hook. , thick, fleshy, green: Ivs. orbiculate, cordate, lobed and incised, margins cili- ated, green, principal veins radiating from a bright car- mine spot near the center, under side pale green; petiole thick, terete pilose: fls. 2in. in diam., cinnabar-red: capsule smooth, unequal wings. Peru. 5663. 22: 2326.âOne of the progenitors of the
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