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we have seen in full bloom a number of years in succes- 
sion, with the above treatment. It makes a valuable 
climbing plant when so desired. In the Gulf States it 
stauds the Winter and makes a beautiful vine. A cut- 
ting back in the early Spring before it begins to make 
new growth is about all the treatment it needs when 
grown in this way. The shrubby varieties make hand- 
some plants when in bloom, but are not much known in 
the South. They are natives of India and some few are 
from Sierra Leone. 
CYCLAMEN. 
— genus contains a great many of our most popular 
plants for Fall, Winter, and early Spring flowering. 
They are all neat and dwarf in habit; all have foliage of 
pretty form and beautiful markings, and the flowers in 
every case are beautiful, some exquisitely so. Persicum 
stands at the head of the family, and is the one in most 
general cultivation. The Cyclamen should be grown 
from seed, which should be sown as soon as ripe in pans 
or shallow boxes filled with a compost of well rotted 
manure, leaf mould, and coarse sand thoroughly incor- 
porated. As soon as the plants have made two leaves, 
prick out, at one inch apart, into similar pans or boxes 
filled with the same compost, and place upon the shelfin 
the greenhouse, near the glass, and shade from direct 
sunlight. Carefully water; to dry them or drown them 
is equally fatal. As soon as the plants are well rooted, 
shift into a three-inch pot, observing the same instruc- 
tions in all respects. By the first of September they will 
require a five-inch pot. With proper care and attention, 
they will be in flower from November through the entire 
Winter months. They require a more even temperature 
