This was sent out last spring by Haage & Schmidt, of Erfurt, who describe it as a hybrid between B. semperflorens and B. Schmidti, with leaves much like the latter and the blooming qualities of the former; the color of the flowers being a soft pink, its principal recommendation being, however, its value as an out-door bedder.

Of a small paper of the precious seeds three plants were obtained, which grew vigorously and bloomed profusely in the greenhouse all summer; but the plants do not answer the above description fully. The plant and flowers in all respects looked not much unlike the common B. odorata, except that the habit was much more dwarf and compact, and the flowers, always in abundance (as the name implies), had a slight tinge of pink, instead of pure white as in B. odorata. This touch of color, I have no doubt, would have been greatly intensified in the open ground, as is shown by other varieties of Begonias; but there is nothing about these plants to suggest B. semperflorens as an element in their parentage. This variety is at least desirable as a pot plant.

Can any one give different results, and its value as a bedder in our climate? State College, Pa.