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Show DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS r ,v Many of those who have purchased tubets of the Double Tuberous ISe-Tonias ISe-Tonias have felt disappointed when Aie pianis began to blcom, and conjured con-jured the florist for selling begonias .hat were not true to name, because :art of the flowers on each stalk were single, says Park's Floral Magazine. This misunderstanding comes from aek of knowledge of how the flowers Jeccme double. It should be known hat the Tuberous Begonia is just like he pumpkin vine in flower-bearing, ;ome of the flowery being pistillate rd some staininate upon the same V'ant. The doubling is due to the V aniens of the slaniinate flowers turn-to turn-to petals, iustead of developing naturally. This can be readily ob-j ob-j served by examining a semi-double i flower. The pistillate flowers do not have stamens, and hence are always single. The little sketch herewith given of single and semi-double flowers flow-ers will afford some idea of the variation. varia-tion. Both of the flowers represented i were taken from the same plant, and in the double flower some of the stamens were only half developed into petals. This character of the Tuber ous Begonia should be borne in mind as it may save some disappointment in the Cowers and save the florist from being unjustly the subject ol I censure, and receiving anathemes oj j the wrathy gardener. |