This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
This beautiful species was introduced from the western Cordailleras, of Columbia, by that indefatigable collector, M. Triana, to Brussels. It is a tuberous-rooted kind, with fine foliage and large blossoms of a fine rose color.
A very beautiful species discovered by M. Bon-pi and and Humboldt, on the mountains of Quindin; the flowers, which are pure white, are produced in the greatest profusion for several months.
The flowers of this species are borne on a close, terminal panicle, of a bluish white, with yellow stamens; the foliage upon the under side is beautifully and very prominently marked with red on the veins.
"This remarkable species is as beautiful as any of the genus, and will no doubt become a favorite among the many persons who admire this interesting family. Some notion of the plant may be obtained by imagining a small bush with thick shining leaver covered with heads of flowers looking something like those of the common Gueldres Rose (Viburnum optdus,) but of a more delicate texture and of a much purer white, and forming an admirable background to golden yellow stamens. The species was discovered by M. Schlim in the cold regions of the province of Soto (New Grenada.) Price 15 fr." - Linden's Catalogue, 1854.
We know nothing of this, but it seems to be a desirable acquisition. - Gard Chron.

A beautiful and distinct species, producing large clusters of pure white flowers, which are produced in great profusion for months in succession.
A charming hybrid obtained by crossing B. Opusifolia and Miniata; the result of which was the bright and beautiful flowers of the latter upon large umbils like the former.
This beautiful new species has been introduced into England by Messrs. Low & Co., of Clapton Nursery. The foliage is exceedingly ornamental, and the plant forms a neat, dwarfish bush, having large leaves. The leafstalks and under part of the young foliage are thickly clothed with short, bright red hairs. The upper side of the leaves are a velvety green, with a frosted, white zone in the centre; sometimes the frosted white extends so near the edge as only to leave a narrow margin of green; the under side of the leaves is of a purple* red color, extending from the stalk half-way through, the remainder of the leaf being green, margined with red. - Cottage Gardener.
One of the most beautiful of the genus; the surface of the leaves is of a purple-tinted olive green in the centre, and for about an inch wide at the margin, with a broad band of silver green intervening and extending to the point. This highly beautiful kind is not only most early, grown into a fine specimen, but one of the most early propagated.
No description can give an adequate idea of this, the most striking of all the Begonias we have seen, which throws every other into the shade, and fully justifies its specific name, being decidedly the " King" of this fine tribe. Its great attraction consists in its splendid foliage, which measures about ten inches across, the centre of. a deep olive-green, reflecting a metallic blue, surrounded by a broad silvery white band, which is again encompassed with a wide edge of olive-green. The flowers are also of large size, and rose-colored. It is a native of Assam, where it inhabits the temperate region of the Himalayas, and was discovered by Mr. Simons. Messrs. Rollinson possess the stock, and are about to send it out. - Botanical Magazine.
 
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