Show DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS many of those who have pu ei S sed ea d tubera of the double tubal tuberous D be gonias have felt disappointed when he be plants began to bloom and con cen aured the florist lor for selling belling be gonias that were not true to name because part of 0 the flowers on each stalk were aingie says bays parks parka floral magazine this misunderstanding comes irom from lack of knowledge of how tho the flowers become double it should be known that the tuberous begonia la Is just like the pumpkin vine in flower bearing some gome of 0 the flowers being and some staminate upon the same plant the doubling la Is due to the stamens of the staminate flowery turn ng to petals instead 0 of developing na naturally tu rally this can be readily observed by examining a semi double flower the flowers do riot cot have stamens and hence are always single the little sketch herewith given of single and semi beral double flow era will afford some idea of 0 the varla tion both of the flowers represented were taken from th abo same plant and in the double flower some soine ol of the stamens stamena were only half balf developed into petals this character of thy tuberous begonia should be borne in mind as aa it may save some disappointment in the flowers and save the florist florin t from being unjustly un lastly the subject of 0 censure and receiving ana themes cl c tho the gardener Kardt nor |