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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.
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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