. Vick's floral guide. s of plants, the type of which isshown in the illustration, is deservedly beauty of foliage, combined with graceful flow-ers and free-blooming qualities, make them most desir-able plants. They require about the same temper-ature as Bouvardias, an average of seventy degrees, tobring them to perfection. As pot plants for summeror winter decorations they have but few equals. Plants,25 cents each ; £ per dozen, except where argyrostigma picta, one of the best forhouse culture: leaves green with white spots; flowerswhite. Each, 35 ,
. Vick's floral guide. s of plants, the type of which isshown in the illustration, is deservedly beauty of foliage, combined with graceful flow-ers and free-blooming qualities, make them most desir-able plants. They require about the same temper-ature as Bouvardias, an average of seventy degrees, tobring them to perfection. As pot plants for summeror winter decorations they have but few equals. Plants,25 cents each ; £ per dozen, except where argyrostigma picta, one of the best forhouse culture: leaves green with white spots; flowerswhite. Each, 35 , white, fine. Begonia fuchsioides, scarlet; winter flowering. glaucophylla scandens, a drooping variety; flow-ers orange-scarlet. grandiflora rosea, light pink ; winter flowering. Gilsoni, new, double. The only double floweringvariety of this class. Flowers large, white, shad-ed carmine. It is a strong, free grower, and makesa handsome specimen plant ; each, 50 cents. Goury, new ; (see colored pages) ; each, 30 hybrida multiflora, rusy pink ; winter flowering,incarnata, strong grower; flowers pink; very fine,miniata, flowers bright scarlet; plant fine form ; winter bloomer. • metallica, a very handsome variety, the foliage of which is dark green, with a beautiful silvery lustre; flowers pink. Massiliensis, new; (see colored pages); 30 cents each. Richardsonii, flowers white; leaves finely divided,rubra, leaves dark green, flowers scarlet rose, in im-mense clusters ; 35 cents , scarlet ; fine winter bloomer,subpeltata nigricans, bronzy foliage ; flowers , rich pink ; stems alba, white. zebrina, foliage dark green with whitish veins ; flow-ers light pink. BEGONIA REX.
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