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place the pan in the greenhouse near the glass, water occa- 

 sionally, and when they come up keep them clear of weeds. 

 A warm frame is the hest place for them while growing. 

 When they have made their full growth they will have formed 

 little tubers, which, at the decay of the leaf, should be taken 

 up and put into five-inch pots, four or six in a pot, now using 

 a soil of equal parts mellow loam, turfy peat, and good rotten 

 dung, with sand as before. They must again be placed near 

 the glass, and after one more season's growth, and the decay 

 of the leaf, they may be taken up, and planted one only in a 

 pot four inches in diameter. The top of the tuber should be 

 placed level with the surface of the soil. They should flower 

 this third season, and from that time they need only to be 

 removed into larger pots as they increase in size, and will 

 flower more abundantly every year. The pots may be about 

 twice the diameter of the tuber. After the bloom is over, and 

 the leaves matured, they should be suffered to rest by being 

 kept rather dry ; but it is not advisable to allow them to get 

 quite dry, as is sometimes done. The half-hardy sorts require 

 exactly similar treatment, only a cold frame suits them best ; 

 and the hardy kinds grow in shady parts of the garden in 

 peaty soil, but are well deserving of culture with the half- 

 hardy sorts in a frame. 



CYCLOBOTHRA. [Liliace^.] A small genus of hardy 

 or half-hardy bulbs. Soil, sandy loam and leaf-mould. In- 

 creased readily by offsets. They require protection in winter 

 either by mulching or removing to a frame. 



CYCLOGYNE. [Leguminosae, § Papilionaceae.j Green- 

 house evergreen sub-shrub. Soil, light loam and leaf-mould. 

 Increased by cuttings. 



CYDONIA. Quince. [Pomacese.] A genus of trees and 

 shrubs, including C. Japonica, once known as Pyrus Japonica, 

 which is one of the most brilliant of deciduous flowering 

 shrubs, blooming in the depth of winter and throughout the 

 greater part of the year. The large scarlet flowers grow in 

 clusters on the branches, and are very conspicuous in winter 

 when the leaves are fallen. It is a free-growing plant in 

 common garden soil, attains five or six feet in height, or more 

 if trained against a wall, and is increased either by cuttings, 

 layers, or suckers. It forms a beautiful lawn or shrubbery 



