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| Keywords: Farquhar's catalogue of seeds 1901 (16396143440).jpg R J FARQUHAR 5- CO 'S SEED CATALOGUE <br> BEGONIA CALEDONIA <br> White Variety of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine <br> Last year European horticulturists were startled by the unexpected appearance of a pure white variety of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine <br> which when exhibited in London received the well merited distinction of the First Class Certificate of the Royal Horticultural Society <br> Desirous of placing this new plant within the reach of our customers at the earliest moment our Mk James Farquhak made a special trip <br> to Europe and brought back with him the first plants which had passed from the originator's possession and we have been the first to offer <br> this splendid novelty in the United States <br> Caledonia has the same beautiful foliage as Gloire de Lorraine the same habit the same height the same marvelous floriferousness <br> the same persistency of petal the same continuity of flowering while it has proved itself of even more vigorous and robust growth In order <br> to give this splendid new plant the earliest and widest distribution we have decided to offer plants for delivery about April ist at the very <br> low price of 1 00 each <br> NOTICE <br> ©m patrons will find it to their advantage <br> to order plants of all varieties of Begonia <br> Gloire de Lorraine for delivery either before <br> the middle of April or after the end of July <br> TTiey re t during the early summer months <br> NOTES <br> These Begonias should be grown in a mod- <br> erately cool temperature ; forcing in strong heat <br> weakens them and shortens the flowering period <br> As house plants they are most satisfactory <br> and continue in bloam for months if not ex- <br> posed to stror g furnace or steam heat <br> BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE Nana Compacta <br> THE LIGHT PINK VARIETY OUR OWN NOVELTY <br> This beautiful Begonia differs from Gloire de Lorraine in being of upright instead of drooping habit bearing enormous trusses of bright <br> Mitjnon-rose flowers lighter than those of the parent of larger size more numerous and lasting much longer Many of our plants grown in <br> 4 nch pots last season carried from 300 to 400 fully expanded blossoms at one time <br> Plants from 2M Inch pots each 20c; per doz 2 00; by mail each 30c <br> Plants from 4 inch pots each 35c; per doz 3 50; by mail each 50c <br> BCGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE The original variety Sizes and prices the same as the preceeding 42283984 133538 66475 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42283984 1901 10 5962/bhl title 66475 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; R J Farquhar Company NameFound Begonia NameConfirmed Begonia aff palmata GBG 002-089-95 EOLID 11904651 NameFound Begonia caledonia NameConfirmed Begonia calderonii Standl NameFound Caledonia NameConfirmed Caledonia NameBankID 4098797 NameFound Compacta NameConfirmed Compacta EOLID 10934908 NameBankID 2627020 Biodiversity Heritage Library Farquhar's catalogue of seeds 1901 plants bulbs fertilizers tools sundries / Garden Stories Bedding plants Boston Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Massachusetts Nurseries Horticulture Nursery stock Perennials R J Farquhar Company Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42283984 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42283984 bhlGardenStories Bulbs Plants Begonias BHLinbloom nurseries horticulture r j farquhar company u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bulbs plants bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16396143440 2015-08-24 02 53 13 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Bedding plants Farquhar's catalogue of seeds 1901 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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