PUPULAR FLORIST FLOWERS 75 
drained and filled with light sandy soil, cover about a quarter 
of an inch, and put a light covering of chopped moss on the 
surface, if on hand. Keep 
in about 60 degrees until 
sprouting, leave until large 
enough to be potted in 2- 
inch pots. Re-pot once or 
twice during the winter, 
leaving the little corms just 
in the surface of the soil. 
Keep in a cool shady place 
in summer, and spray leaves 
frequently in warm weather. 
In about fifteen months the 
young plants should flower, 
and the strongest will then 
Persian Violet. Cyclamen persicum. 
be in 6-inch pots. Young 
home-grown plants are the best. Corms bought and grown on 
are not as floriferous, and often fail. The plants may be rested 
after flowering, and grown a second year with success. Rich 
leaf mould and fibrous loam with sand and a little well-de- 
cayed manure make a good soil. The plants require plenty of 
water while growing. These are extremely elegant and attract- 
ive plants when covered with flowers ; they flower during a long 
part of the winter. 
Fuchsias, owing to climatic conditions, cannot be grown as 
well here as in Europe, where they are seen in every cottage- 
window. Still a moderate success may be obtained, especially 
in the Northern States and in mountain districts. There is an 
enormous number of species and varieties, all of which are 
easily propagated by means of half-ripe cuttings. Root these 
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