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some way from great changes of temperature. In the case 

 of pots, this is most easily done by covering them with ashes. 

 Crocuses should not be subjected -to much artificial heat, but 

 when they approach the flowering stage a little additional 

 warmth will not hurt them. Their fault as pot-plants is that 



Fig. 6o. — Cyclamen in pot, the corm partly above the soil. 



the flowers are soon over. They last longer if they are not 

 exposed to strong sunshine. 



Cyclamen. — There are a number of hardy species, some 

 flowering in spring and others in autumn. They are, 

 however, less commonly grown in pots than the greenhouse 

 species, C. persicum, which has finer flowers, and of which 

 there are many beautiful varieties. Corms can be bought 

 either dry or flowering in pots, or plants can be raised from 



