Cultivar
B. ‘Mrs. Henry Dean’
Identity
- Genus
- Begonia
- Name
- B. ‘Mrs. Henry Dean’
- Date of Origin
- 1906
- Plant Type
- Tuberous
- Publication Reference
- RH; WBHC-WW
- Article References
- Revue Horticole, Anne (1906)
Plant
- Description
- Revue Horticole, Anne (1906) New Tuberous Begonias: The recent varieties of double Begonias shown here, 'Queen Alexandra', 'Samuel Pope' and 'Mrs. Andrew Tweedie ', are of English origin. It is in France that we saw the first truly remarkable double Begonias, and for a long time we occupied the first place, but in recent years the rapid progress of the English sowers has relegated us to the second rank. It is especially with the sorts with white flowers with petals clearly edged with rose, that the English have passed us. It is the variety Picotee which first, I believe, opened the series; several years later passed without progress, then appeared the famous 'Samuel Pope', whose larger flowers, more double and well imbricated are sometimes however a little inconstant like colors; the border is less broad and less colored than in Picotee; it was nevertheless a very sensitive progress. Then came many varieties without much merit, except for 'Mrs. James Poortbury ', with flowers, Camellia form, edged with a narrow dark pink net, but very clean, and 'Mrs. Henry Dean'. Finally, just recently, two splendid novelties appeared, 'Queen Alexandra' and 'The Queen'; others follow them, as I saw last year at the Temple Show. In 'Queen Alexandra', the border is almost the width of that of Picotee, with more clarity in its contours; the huge, very double flower, sometimes globular in shape; the appearance is pretty, though the interweaving is not perfect; the habit is mediocre: the flowers are so heavy!! but the plant is very vigorous, gives flowers all summer long, and their regularity of color is very remarkable; it is for the moment the most beautiful variety of this kind. 'The Queen' looks more like 'Picotee', but the well-imbricated flower is more double and very regular in color. The plant is less vigorous than 'Queen Alexandra' and the flowers are smaller and less abundant; the outfit is good, as well as that of 'Picotee' and 'Samuel Pope'. As for Mrs. Andrew Tweedie ', it is especially remarkable for its vigor and the abundance and the truly perfect interweaving of its flowers.
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Parents
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Descendants
No recorded descendants.
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