See also:

• BEGONIA (named from M. Begon, a French patron of botany)

BEGONIA (named from M. Begon, a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• PATRON

patron of See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany)  , a large genus (natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, Begoniaceae) of succulent herbs or undershrubs, with about three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and fifty See also:

• SPECIES

species in tropical moist climates, especially See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America and See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . About one hundred and fifty species are known in cultivation,and innumerable varieties and hybrid forms . Many are tuberous . The See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are usually showy and large, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose, See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet or yellow in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour; they arc unisexual, the male containing numerous stamens, the See also:

• FEMALE

female having a large inferior ovary and two to four branched or See also:

• TWISTED

twisted stigmas . The See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit is a winged See also:

• CAPSULE (from the Lat. capsula, a small box)

capsule containing numerous See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute seeds . The leaves, which are often large and variegated, are unequal-sided . Cuttings from flowering begonias See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root freely in sandy See also:

• SOIL

soil, if placed in See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat at any See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season when moderately See also:

• FIRM

firm; as soon as rooted, they should be potted singly into 3-in. pots, in sandy See also:

• LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

loam mixed with See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-See also:

• MOULD

mould and See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand . They should be stopped to keep them bushy, placed in a See also:

• LIGHT

light situation, and thinly shaded in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of very See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright days . In a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks they will require another shift . They should not be overpotted, but instead assisted by manure See also:

• WATER

water . The pots should be placed in a light See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit near the roof See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass . The summer-flowering kinds will soon begin blooming, but the autumn and See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter flowering sorts should be kept growing on in a temperature of from 55° to 6o° by See also:

• NIGHT

night, with a few degrees more in the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day .

The tuberous-rooted sorts require to be kept at See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest in winter, in a See also:

• MEDIUM

medium temperature, almost but not quite dry . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February they should be potted in a compost of sandy loam and leaf-mould, and placed in a temperate pit until May or See also:

• JUNE

June, when they may be moved to the greenhouse for flowering . If they afterwards get at all pot-See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound, weak manure should be applied . After blooming, the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of water must be again slackened; in winter the See also:

• PLANTS

plants should be stored in a dry See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place secure from See also:

• FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
• FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)

frost; they are increased by See also:

• LATE

late summer and autumn cuttings, after being partially cut down .