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Begonia evansiana, Andr. (B. discolor, R. Br. B. grandis, Dry.). Smooth: st. deciduous, branching, 2 ft. high: Lvs. ovate-acute, sub- cordate, lobed, margins denticulate, green above, under side and petioles red, peduncles branching, axillary: fls. numerous, flesh- colored, large. Java, China, Japan. B. M. 1473. —A handsome and almost hardy species. Intro, in 1804 to Kew. Little cult, now. It makes a pretty and free- flowering plant for the cool greenhouse in summer. Readily prop. By bulblets, which are produced in quantities in the axils of the lvs. after flowering, and which will give flowering plants the following year. Stands some frost.
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Begonia evansiana, Andr. (B. discolor, R. Br. B. grandis, Dry.). Smooth: st. deciduous, branching, 2 ft. high: Lvs. ovate-acute, sub- cordate, lobed, margins denticulate, green above, under side and petioles red, peduncles branching, axillary: fls. numerous, flesh- colored, large. Java, China, Japan. —A handsome and almost hardy species. Intro, in 1804 to Kew. Little cult, now. It makes a pretty and free- flowering plant for the cool greenhouse in summer. Readily prop. By bulblets, which are produced in quantities in the axils of the lvs. after flowering, and which will give flowering plants the following year. Stands some frost.
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Begonia evansiana, Andr. (B. discolor, R. Br. B. grandis, Dry.). Smooth: st. deciduous, branching, 2 ft. high: Lvs. ovate-acute, sub- cordate, lobed, margins denticulate, green above, under side and petioles red, peduncles branching, axillary: fls. numerous, flesh- colored, large. Java, China, Japan. —A handsome and almost hardy species. Intro, in 1804 to Kew. Little cult, now. It makes a pretty and free- flowering plant for the cool greenhouse in summer. Readily prop. By bulblets, which are produced in quantities in the axils of the lvs. after flowering, and which will give flowering plants the following year. Stands some frost.


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