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Cultivar

B. ‘Duchess of Marlborough’

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Genus
Begonia
Name
B. ‘Duchess of Marlborough’
Date of Origin
1894
Publication Date
1897
Place
Forest Hill
Country
England, UK
Region
Europe
Plant Type
Tuberous
Publication Reference
GAR; WBHC-WW
Article References
The Gardeners' chronicle, ser. 3, v. 21 (1897); The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening… by Geo. Nicholson [et al.]. Hyde Park, Mass. Geo. T. King ;1901. Page 138-42 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48615

Plant

Description
Duchess of Marlborough – double, light salmon pink, fine form and erect habit.; The Gardeners' chronicle, ser. 3, v. 21 (1897) Though this show may be said to be rather too early for tuberous Begonias to be exhibited in the perfect condition they acquire in summer, owing to the great efforts put forth by those who make of them a specialty, there is always a glorious display, and. the present show was by no means an exception in this respect. The Begonias from Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, London, S. E., were finely grown plants, with good foliage and large blossoms of good substance. They were arranged with an undulating surface, and a few Ferns were interspersed, in addition to the Isolepis that was used as a margin. An excellent, rosy pink flowered double variety named ‘Duchess of Marlborough’ we reproduce in fig. 126. It has a good and erect habit, and the flowers are of very perfect Camellia form.

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