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REX BEGONIA PRESIDENT CARNOT

ALFRED D. ROBINSON, Proprietor

POINT LOMA, CALIFORNIA

“Rosecroft Begonia Gardens, Point Loma, Calif.'

ROSECROFT

Rosecroft is on Point Loma, the head of land that forms the Northwest boundary of the Bay of San Diego, California, and in consequence of that situa- tion enjoys an all the year round mildness of cli- mate coupled with a moist atmosphere, that per- mits of the cultivation of the Begonia family with a simple lath protection. In such a shelter as a re- sult of over a quarter of a century of collecting and breeding, Rosecroft grows what competent critics have pronounced much the best exposition of this family in the world. The so-called Tree Begonias attain a height of twenty feet and all sorts flourish.

THIS LIST

While this list is not inclusive of all the Begonias in the Rosecroft Collection, nor claimed to be authoritative as to nomenclature, it has been most carefully prepared and we believe will be found a valuable guide in a field singularly bare of printed information.

NOMENCLATURE

There is no real authority for reference as to description and titles of the Begonia family, at least we have been unable to find such. Many of the species are now possessed of a number of aliases and the same Begonia is known according to locality or personal preference by a variety of names. Rose- croft assumes no responsibility for the names used in this list, having in many instances acknowledged its own unauthorized titles.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY

is absolutely limited to supplying good, healthy plants as per this list, and though at its making, every variety included is actually in stock, there are many of which the supply is extremely limited and we shall take no shame and patrons should have no peevement when we write, “Sale stock at present exhausted.”

N. B. We raise nothing in large quantities, our object being to furnish foundation stock.

PRICES

Most of the varieties listed can be supplied at from 35c up to several dollars for large specimens.

The rare kinds start at $1.

The overhead of today makes small accounts un- remunerative so we do not desire any mail order for less than $1.

SEED LIST ON LAST PAGE

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FIBROUS BEGONIAS— Tree Form

Type, Coralline Lucerne 35c, 50c and up, unless otherwise mentioned

These Begonias are big growers with branching tops, leaves broad at base, long and pointed, blooms in large pendent clusters; though they grow fifteen feet, they bloom from cuttings at less than a foot.

CORALLINE LUCERNE. The largest of all, flowers in immense clusters deep pink to red, foliage dark green upper and red under, sometimes spotted.

PRESIDENT CARNOT. Similar to LUCERNE but with lighter foliage unspotted, blooms brilliant red and longer in form.

N. B. Other names such as Yosemite and Flammarion are often given to this Begonia or others so like it that the difference is not ap- parent to the average person.

TEUSCHERI. Similar to Carnot but with more branching habit and red coloring under foliage confined to along veins.

DE LESSEES'. Similar but not so tall a grower and with pink tinted almost white flowers, foliage often quite spotted.

ROSSI. Much lighter foliage with a bronzy cast, flowers a light pink. 50c up.

ARGENTEA GUTTATA. An old very hardy sort, medium grower, very shrubby in habit, foliage dark and heavily silver spotted; blooms, green- ish white.

ROSECROFT NOVELTIES

ORRELL. Seedling of Lucerne, very light green foliage handsomely silver spotted, blooms cherry red held more erect than the type, a great addition to the class. $1.00 up.

LUGANO. Another Lucerne seedling branching more freely than its parent, leaves smaller and darker, blooms deep pink produced with great freedom. $1.00 up.

MANY OTHER SEEDLINGS OF MARKED MERIT

FIBROUS BEGONIAS— Tree Form

Rubra Type

35c, 50c and up, unless otherwise mentioned

These are variously known as Rubra, Bamboo and Angel Wing. Their growth, tall and vigorous, re- sembles that of a bamboo, and their long narrow light green leaves are borne so placed on the branch that they resemble the hunched wings of the illustrated Angels of long ago. Blooms, in large pendent clusters.

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RUBRA RED. Brilliant scarlet.

RUBRA PINK. Soft pink.

ARGYROSTIGMA. Pink; foliage occasionally spot-

ted.

DECORUS. White with brownish seed pod, sweet scented.

ALBA PERFECTA. Dainty white; foliage a little ruffled of pleasing green.

P1CTA ROSEA. Also called the Baby Rubra, rose colored, blooms very freely produced and smaller foliage sometimes spotted.

PICTA ALBA. Narrow small dark foliage heavily spotted with silver, almost black stems and white flowers, smaller grower than Rosea.

ROSECROFT NOVELTIES

SHASTA. A splendid large white, much the finest white yet introduced in this class. Very lim- ited at present. $2.00 up.

MRS. W. D. HARNEY. White and pink mixture, good grower and blooms large. $1.00 up.

MRS. SCHINKEL. Regular orchid color of Rosea Picta type has met with much favor. $1.00 up.

RUBRA ODORATA. Deep rose bloom very delight- fully scented. $1.00 up.

RUBRA DIELYTRA. Blooms strongly resembling those of the Bleeding Heart, most charming. $1.00 up.

MARTHA. Medium grower, leaves with sawtooth lobe, small blooms of deep red, a decided ad- dition to the medium class. $1.00 up.

JINNIE MAY. A dwarf not more than two feet, laurel like leaves, small dainty red blooms. 50c up.

MANY MORE SEEDLINGS IN THIS RUBRA GROUP IN A BEWILDERING VARIETY OF SHADES IN RED, PINK, ROSE TINTED AND WHITE, FROM OUR OWN SEED AND ALSO FROM SOME IMPORTED FROM MEXICO.

OTHER TALL FORMS

35c, 50c and up, unless otherwise priced

MULTIFLORA ROSEA. Also called FLORIBUNDA ROSEA, small foliage carried close to stem, pendent fuchsialike blooms of delicate pink, al- ways in flower and hardy.

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FUCHSIOIDEiS COCCINEA. A similar form but blooms transparent scarlet. Mexico calls it “CORAZON DE JESU.”

COMPTA. Tall slender grower with long pointed leaves, greyish green with conspicuous grey center, small white blooms in large close clus- ters. 50c and up.

ZEBRINA. Also ANGULARIS from its square stem, similar to Compta but grey markings much less pronounced, a much more vigorous grower.

FIBROUS BEGONIAS— Intermediate Growth

35c, 50c and up, unless otherwise priced

PREUSEN. Very bushy upright habit, small long leaves and blooms of pink tint scattered through foliage, good at any stage.

SACHSEN. Similar to Preusen but smaller grower with darker bronzy foliage and coppery red blooms.

WETTSTEINL A branching small tree type with wavy green foliage and brilliant bunches of bloom, the most brilliant of all the reds.

INCARNATA. Upright grower with light green foliage and deep pink flowers in numerous clusters. Winter bloomer.

SYLVIA. A seedling of Incarnata with wavy foli- age and dainty pink flowers; likes shade.

MARGUERITE. Upright bush form with hairy foliage and tinted pink flowers, an old reliable.

DIGSWELLIANA. Bushy with crinkly foliage and tinted pink bloom.

ROBUSTA. Small ruddy leaves and red stems; blooms pink to red, grows with fountain ef- fect, continually sending up new shoots; very hardy and desirable.

WASHINGTON ST. An unnamed seedling found in a San Diego garden, with long green leaves and small white blooms in bunches produced in winter; quite individual.

ODORATA ALBA. Round, glossy foliage with large bunches of delicately scented white flowers continuously produced. One of the very best and makes a large spreading bush.

ODORATA ROSEA. A pink form of Alba not nearly so vigorous. (This is called Nitida in some lists).

UNDINE. A Rosecroft seedling of Odorata Alba with pinky blooms; both blooms and foliage waved. Medium grower and bushes nicely. 50c up.

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ROSEA GIGANTEA. Large, round glossy foliage with a red spot where the stem joins; blooms a deep rose to red; produced in winter in large bunches held upright; one of the most handsome of the Begonias. $1.00 up.

LOBATA VARIEGATA. A somewhat difficult doer with serrated spotted foliage and white blooms.

LOW GROWING BRANCHING TYPE

3 5c, 50c, unless otherwise priced.

WELTONIENSIS ROSEA. Semi-tuberous with pointed serrated small leaves, red stems and pink flowers, makes fine pot specimens; dor- mant in winter.

WELTONIENSIS ALBA. Similar to above with white blooms and larger grower.

McBETHII. Also commonly called Dewdrop semituberous, fine ferny foliage, white flowers, bushy in habit.

RICHARDSONI. Similar to McBethii but foliage longer and more feathery; likes shade, flowers white.

SCHNITZERI. An orange flowered form of these semi-tuberous, quite rare. (This is only a local name correct one not known). $1.00.

FOLIOSA. Very small leaved, foliage grows flat like a fern, flowers quite miniature, white borne in singles pendent. Takes the place of a fern in grouping.

BERTHA VON LOTHRINGEN. Another possibly incorrect name. It has also been named to us as Pearl de Lorraine. A thick stemmed kind with smooth medium green foliage veined peculiarly in chocolate; winter bloomer, pink shaded. 50c.

SANDERSONI. A low bushy grower with light green serrated foliage, blooms, a brilliant scarlet.

NITIDA. A wonderful free blooming white, about two feet, flowers very dainty borne in large up- right clusters, always in bloom; a splendid pot plant. (The description in some lists of Nitida is that we give to Odorata Rosea).

LUXURIANT or OLBIA. A small grower with woody stems, leaves a beautiful velvet green, shaped like the Lucerne group but much smaller, blooms greeny white in pendent clusters.

ARTHUR MALLIET. A very shy doer but when happy makes a wonderful plant with very dark speckled leaves suffused with pinky pur- ple. Have never seen it in bloom. $2.00,

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BERTHA DE' CHATEAU ROCHER, also called Ascotiensis and Corbeille de Feu. They may be separate varieties but they don’t look like it. Upright grower with leaves like Flori- bunda, brilliant coral red blooms, makes fine specimen when well grown.

THICK STEMS AND PROCUM- BENT TYPES

50c and up, unless otherwise priced.

VERSCHAFELTI. Thick stem, very large green lobed leaves on long fleshy stems, blooms in huge upright pink clusters borne well above foliage, very early flowering.

ECUADOR SPECIES. A native of Eucador, raised from seed sent up from there; horticultural name, if any, not known; very thick upright stem, leaves large almost palmate, green with inconspicuous white markings towards points when young; blooms crepy white to pink in clusters on long erect stems. Deciduous. $1.00.

PAUL BRUANT. Very serrated bronzy foliage; blooms, pink in large clusters, early, very handsome when well grown.

GILSONI. The only double in this class and it is more crested than double, thick stem, good branching habit, dark green leaves pointed and fluted, light pink blooms in large clusters; early. $1.00.

VITIFOLIA. This is the name given us for a plant raised from seed sent up from Mexico and described as “white flowering and very hand- some”. The leaves are shiny green, large and broad at base and tapering to a distinct point. It appears to be of excellent habit and hardy. $1.00.

RICINAFOLIA. Sends up enormous bronzy leaves on long thick hairy stems from a procumbent fleshy root stock. Bloom stalks often four feet long with bunches of pink flowers a foot and a half across; wonderful tub plant and very hardy.

FISCHERS RICINAFOLIA. A smaller plant with more pointed leaves.

MRS. MARY PEACE. A seedling of Ricinafolia with palmate leaves of very dark green ruffled on edges; blooms pale pink. $2.00.

CAROLINAEFOLIA. Similar habit, but with per- fectly palmate leaves of light green, each finger on a separate stem, blooms pink, a na- tive species from Mexico. $1.00.

RUBELLA. A medium grower of this type with leaves sprinkled with ruddy spots and very hairy; blooms pink.

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MARION. A Roseeroft seedling with, shiny leaves of distinctly a bronzy cast and red stems; blooms pink. $1.00.

SUNDERBRUCKII. Called also Ricinafolia and Star; foliage palmate, dark almost black, striped with lustrous green, blooms pinky; early.

FEASTII. The Beefsteak Begonia, very procum- bent in habit, leaves dark green upper and red under, thick, shiny and round like a water lily; blooms light pink in clusters well above foliage; admirable for baskets and mounds.

BUNCHII. A ruffled and crested form of Feastii.

MRS. TOWNSEND. A very dark leaved sort in this group with a few points on foliage, blooms the largest of any. pink with a chocolate cast.

MANICATA. Light green foliage, almost round with collars of red hairs on stems; blooms rose; very dainty.

MANICATA AUREA- Similar to last but with yel- low and white blotches on foliage.

MANICATA AUREA CRISTATA. Similar to last but with edges of leaves crested and ruffled. $2.00.

SANGUINEA. A creeping or climbing sort with dark olive leathery foliage quite red under and stems; blooms white. $1.00.

NELUMBIFOLIA or MACRO PH YLIA. Large peltate leaves from a short rhizome; blooms small, white to pink. $1.00.

TEMPLINI. A thick stemmed branching sort with large wavy leaves blotched with white, yel- low and red; blooms pink in clusters; very early, might be called winter bloomer; makes very handsome large specimens.

JESSIE. Similar to above but with plain leaves with ruddy overcast; also called Ne Plus Ultra.

ULMAFOLIA. Fleshy stemmed with rough, thick elm-like leaves; blooms small white in clusters.

SCHARFFIANA GROUP

3 5c, 50c and up, unless otherwise priced

SCHARFFIANA. A somewhat straggly grower with large hairy, thick, round leaves, dark green; blooms, white borne on long stems dividing like a pair of horns. The new growth emerges from a peculiar hood-like sheath; requires warmth.

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HAAGEANA. A derivative of Scharffiana more upright bushy grower and hardier, leaves more pointed, flowers, white, tinted pink, pendent in large clusters; like purses in bud; winter bloomer.

DUCHARTREI. Very smilar to Haageana but with more pointed foliage and carries blooms more erect, not such large clusters.

THURSTONI. Similar in habit but foliage more round and very smooth shiny and darker, blooms pink, borne erect.

VIAUDE. Seedling of Scharffiana with similar blooms but long pointed leaf and vigorous grower and hardier.

METALLICA. An upright grower with hand- some dark veined shiny foliage, quite large blooms, light pink in clusters. There are many seedlings of this with slight variations.

CYPRAEA. Somewhat similar but with rounder foliage with one distinct point, also creped and lighter green; quite generally called Cuphea.

PRUNIFOLIA. A Rosecroft seedling of Yiaude with large hairy leaves of a deep plum under; blooms white in huge pendent clusters. $1.00.

ODD AND RARE KINDS

DIADEMA. An upright grower with palmate ser- rated foliage heavily silver spotted — -an old variety but rather difficult to grow. $1.00.

PALMATA. Large palmate foliage striped with silver, cane like growth; very striking. $1.00.

PALMIFOLIA. Large lobed green leaves on a fleshy stem, blooms, white, in clusters. $1.00.

PELTATA. Low grower with peltate leaves, leaves and stems covered with a white fuzz, blooms, white in clusters, quite unique. $1.00.

LUXURIANS. This has also been named Sessili- folia but Luxurians is its name both at Kew and the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. An upright grower almost a climber with huge palmate leaves carried like an umbrella, each section narrow and thin and at center of leaf a quite small ruffle of auxiliary leaves, blooms small white, in clusters. $5.00.

CLIMBING OR SCANDENT DIVISION

ALBA SCANDENS. A clinging ivy-like variety with light green foliage and white flowers; will climb a post.

GLAUCOPHYLLA SCANDENS. A scandent vari- ety with pointed green leaves, blooms pink shaded, very similar to those of Quisqualis Indica; wonderful basket plant; now very scarce. $2.00.

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MARJORIE DAW. A seedling of Mrs. Shepherd of Ventura, a much branched grower needing support; good for pillars or trellises, foliage green and handsome, blooms in large pendent clusters of rosy red. 50c and up.

REX BEGONIAS

50c and up

Also called Painted-leaf from their vari-colored

foliage. Colors taken more or less carefully from

Ridgways. Large-leaved typical kinds.

PRESIDENT CARNOT. Round leaf, dark greenish olive with raised blotches of silver, very con- trasty; an old favorite. $1.00.

EMERALD GIANT. Large typical leaf, dusky olive green with pea green zone.

LESOUDSIL Very large maple form of leaf, dusky olive green irregularly zoned and spot- ted with pea green. One of the hardiest.

SILVER KING. Maple leaf of slate olive with silvery sheen.

LORD PALMERSTON. Typical leaf, olivaceous black with large green zone and dark olive border stipuled with sage green.

EDOUARD ERDODY. Round leaf of gnaphalium green with small palmate center of olivaceous black small ivy green markings around edge.

QUEEN VICTORIA. Typical leaf, center and border olivaceous black heavily stipuled with pea green; zone pea green.

MRS. JOHN B. (?). Very large leaf of gnaphal- ium green with small olive palmate center, an irregular border of dark cress green with roundish spots of green with a red hair in the center of each.

MAGNIFICA or KING OF THE REX. An immense leaf of olivaceous black with indistinct vary- ing zone made by an overcasting of gnaphal- ium green.

ROI FERD MAJOR. Very large long pointed leaf of pea green with palmate center of olivaceous black, edge color indented with markings of dark cress green.

RAJAH — Rather long shaped leaf with lustrous black center overcast with purple, zone gna- phalium green overcast with Daphne pink shading from center out, pink spots spilling into center and green spots into a border of dark dull yellow green edged with purplish black. $1.00.

K. O. SESSIONS (Rosecroft). Maple shaped cen- ter, zone quite regular greenish glaucous, border forest green, leaf long and pointed on strong tall stems; exceptional grower. $1.00.

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POINCARE (Rosecroft). Ground color gnaphal- ium green, long fingered center markings, blackish green gray, irregular border ieaf green darkening to edge, very striking and tremendous doer. $1.00.

CLEMENCEAU (Rosecroft). Large round creped leaf, body hellebore green, narrow fuscous edge quite ruffled, slightly palmate center olivaceous black, the whole blotched irregu- larly with tea green, similar in habit to Carnot of which it is a seedling. $1.00.

REX— Medium Size Leaves

MODESTY. Irregular center olivaceous black, zone of court grey flushed with Daphne pink, border greyish olive shading to olivaceous black, spotted with Daphne pink.

MRS. FREVERT (Rosecroft). Maple leaf center and border dark olive irregular zone light elm green, compact grower.

LOUISE CLOSSON. Center and border dusky brown, irregular zone in raised blotches of Daphne Red.

LUCY CLOSSON. Similar to Louise but hardier grower, leaves smaller and smoother and show- ing a green tinge in the dark.

EMERAUD. Smooth leaf carrying two or three points, center olivaceaus black zone forest green edge fuscous; one of the best in the dark class.

QUEEN OF HANOVER. Roundish leaf, very rough center, olivaceous black zone, pea green edge, dark ivy green, whole leaf and stem covered with Corinthian pink hairs.

VELOURS (Rosecroft). Slightly creped leaf of velvety brownish olive, very upright in growth and individual. $1.00.

MOONBEAM (Rosecroft). Typical pointed leaf of gnaphalium green with small irregular in- dentations on edge and center of deep slate olive, strong silvery sheen the lightest of all the Rexes we know. $1.00.

LOIS (Rosecroft). Ground color dark ivy green blotched and spotted with sage green, a sin- gle fuscous hair in each small spot and along veins and edge giving a rusty effect; makes wonderful specimens with many leaves. $1.00.

EMPEROR. Leaf papillary and hairy, pea green lighter hairs giving a bluish grey effect, cen- ter and edge flushed with deep purplish vinaceous.

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CHRETIEN. Soft and shiny leaf, center blackish brown, zone Indian lake, border blackish brown, color quite variable.

INIMITABLE. Upright pointed leaf of sheeny tea green covered with coarse hairs of vinaceous purple, edge vinaceous purple with narrow in- dentations of hellebore green.

CRIMSON GLOW. Leaf finely stipuled with pea green on a brighter green, suffused center and border and on old leaves all over, with Dahlia purple; strong metallic sheen. $1.00.

MOUNTAIN HAZE (?). Very papillary leaf like a very close stipuling pea green, shading darker at center and edge, the whole suf- fused with purple. $2.00.

SILVER QUEEN. Ground color gnaphalium green, palmate center and edges olive brown, grown in strong light a magenta overcast appears.

REX — Small Leaves

IMPERIALIS SMARAGDINA. Plush-like .round leaf of cedar green. A delicate small plant re- quiring greenhouse care. $1.00.

SMARAGDINA MACULATA. Similar to Smarag- dina in habit but with heavy blotches of darker green on leaves. $1.00.

ILLUSTRATA. Small conypact grower; leaf round with one point, rough and crepy tea green sunken markings along veinings that make a regular network pattern. Excellent for small specimen or border effect. 50c.

REX — -Helix or Spiralled Type

With the lobe of leaf curled round like a snail’s shell.

$1.00, $2.00 and up.

COUNT ADRIEN ERDODY. Beautifully spiralled, small palmate center greenish olive; body of leaf greenish glaucous fretted pattern on edge of emerald green shading to greenish olive.

COUNTESS LOUISE ERDODY. Lobes very twisted and whole leaf in deep folds; body tea green, narrow marking of veining in forest green, edge flushed purple, the best known of all the Helix.

OLD ERDODY. Leaf ruffled and spiralled two or three deep folds, palmate center and border olivaceous black, zone pea green.

BRONZE KING. Leaf extremely ruffled and folded with spiralled lobes, center and narrow edge olive brown, main field oil green with indistinct lighter spots.

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CAPT. NEMO (a name given by Rosecroft lacking any other). Leaf ruffled and spiralled with one or more deep folds, small center dull greenish black, main field pea green, well de- fined border of varleys green edged with dark olive.

BROOKE (another Rosecroft unauthorized title). Large leaf with deep folds, edge ruffled and lobes spiralled, small center and irregular in- dented border of olivaceous black, main field gnaphalium green. Very smooth texture.

PRINCESS OF HANOVER. Both lobes spiralled, whole leaf very papillary, center olivaceous black, zone pea green, border dark ivy green.

REX — Discolor or Branching

50c and up

ARGENTEA ERECTA. Grows with straggling stems needing support or fits in a hanging basket, leaves small, very palmate center of dark yellow green, rest of leaf pea green that in strong light is flushed with vinaceous purple.

MRS. MOON. Large palmate center dusky green gray, heavily stipuled* with andover green, large indented markings around edge, dark cress green stipuled with andover green. Makes a splendid clump in the ground.

ROBERT GEORGE. Maple leaf palmate center of olivaceous black, field slate olive, indented edge markings dark ivy green, spotted with slate olive; excellent upright grower.

MRS. A. G. SHEPHERD. More ivy than maple leaf, small center of dark olive, indented edge of dark greenish olive, field tea green.

ARDIEN SCHMITT. Also known by numerous aliases, Beauty of Richmond, etc. Many pointed leaf, ground color at center olivaceous black lightening to dark cress green at edges; whole leaf blotched with gnaphalium green; very striking.

BERTHA McGREGOR. Most majestic upright grower, leaves large, almost palmate center and edges olivaceous black, large long blotches of tea green and irregular spots running out at ends of points. Unfortunately the stock now obtainable is none too robust, but once had a specimen five feet high, much branched and covered with perfect leaves.

N. B. Rosecroft has done a great deal of work with the Rexes and has a large and varied lot of seedlings showing quite new markings, habit and color, among them several of the Helix type.

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TUBEROUS SECTION

In the regular tuberous Rosecroft grows

SINGLES in a whole range of color.

DOUBLES in many colors and styles.

FRILLED in all the tuberous colorings.

FIMBRIATA PLENA. Very full double blooms with fringed petals like carnations; many colors.

CRISPA MARGINATA. Singles with crimped petals in yellow with red margin and white with carmine edge.

NARCISSIFLORA. Male blooms formed like a single daffodil, in yellow, pink, red and shaded. No tubers for sale this season.

LLOYDII or banging basket drooping habit with blooms in singles, doubles, cactus, rosette and button types and an immense range of color. Rosecroft has the reputation of possessing from its own raising the finest and most varied strain of this type anywhere and its double white Lady Blanche has achieved an interna- tional reputation. Tubers for sale in season. A good stock of Lloydii mixed at $5.00 up per dozen.

BEDDING TYPE

25c

These are low growing many flowered sorts used very widely and freely for outdoor bedding; they also make wonderful specimens if given the op- portunity. Rosecroft grows most of the Well- known ones except those requiring greenhouse care, usually called winter bloomers, such as Lor- raine, Cincinnati, Melior, etc., but lists here only the less well-known and those of its own introduc- tion.

SEASHELL. Introduced by Mrs. Shepherd of Ven- tura; very vigorous grower, taller than the type, blooms, white pink edged, glossy large green foliage.

MERMAID. A Rosecroft seedling duplicating Sea- shell, but of very compact dwarf habit.

TANAGER. Rosecroft seedling of Seashell, white with orange scarlet edge, very luminous.

ROSABELLE. Another Rosecroft seedling; a beau- tiful mallow pink; very large bloom.

MATADOR. The latest of the Rosecroft seedlings which we hope may fill the call for a brilliant light red with green foliage.

BIJOU DE JARDIN. The smallest of all double red; delightful for favors in thumb pots.

Among the well-known favorites we grow Gra- cilis, Prima Donna, Flame of Love, Salmon Queen. Triumph, Magnifica, Helen Bofinger, Snow Queen, etc.

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SEED LIST

Seed of the following varieties of Begonias at fifty cents per package unless otherwise mentioned.

FIBROUS

Coralline Lucerne President Carnot Rubra Pink Rubra Red

Rosecroft Rubra Seedlings in mixed colors

Picta Rosea

Zebrina

Fucbsioides

Odorata Alba

McBethii

Ricinafolia. $1.00

Foliosa

Robusta

TUBEROUS

Regular Single in mixed colors Regular Doubles in mixed colors Frilled in mixed colors Crispa Marginata Narcissiflora. $1.00 Evansiana Martiana Gracilis

REX $1.00

Mixed saved from Rosecroft’s immense collection.

BEDDING BEGONIAS

Seashell, white with pink edge.

Mermaid, a dwarf seashell.

Tanager, white edged orange scarlet.

Rosabelle, Mallow pink.

Schmidtii scandent.

Helen Bofinger, dwarf white.

Matador, orange scarlet.

SMALL QUANTITIES OF SEEDS OF MANY OTHER VARIETIES

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