B. ‘Carminata’

Culture

Original Botanical Description or Link to

The Floral magazine; comprising figures and descriptions of popular garden flowers. London, L. Reeve & Co. v. 10, 1871 Page 131-2: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29452 When the beautiful Begonia boliviensis was introduced, we expressed an opinion that it would be found very useful, not only as a handsome decorative plant, but also as likely to form the parent of many interesting hybrids. Mr. Veitch's B. Sedeni, and others, and M. Bull's numerous varieties, testify that this is so, and we have no doubt that we shall yet see some more handsome varieties produced by hybridizing. Begonias do not require a large amount of heat, an inter­mediate house suiting them very well, and a compost of peat, loam, and thoroughly decomposed manure, to which a little silver sand must be added, affording them a suitable soil; they may be kept in small pots, and will flower freely thus, but they make also fine plants when shifted and grown on; and as many of them flower in the dull winter months, they are especially valuable. Begonia carminata, which Mr. Bull has kindly permitted us to figure, is a very distinct hybrid, having deeply serrated leaves, margined with red, and thickly spotted over with brownish-red spot, while the flowers are of a pale pink. A plant of it was exhibited at South Kensington by Mr. Bull, and was much admired.