30 ON THE CULTURE 01? THE CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 



Brown-coloured Flowers. 



58 Spanish Brown. 



59 Semi-double Small Brown-flowered Japan. ^This is one of 



the very dwarfest and smallest flowering varieties in the 

 whole collection, sending up its small reddish-brown blos- 

 soms singly, not more than half double, and some nearly 

 single. It flowers in the middle season, or later, and 

 makes but a poor aj)pearance. I conceive it to be a dis- 

 tinct species, owing to its very small leaves and flowers. 

 I regret to say that there are four varieties numbered in my 

 list of which 1 am not able at present to give a full description, 

 not having long possessed them ; but I shall be happy to notice 

 them at some future time, when I hope to be able to describe 

 them more accurately. In the meantime, I shall be glad to solve 

 any query that may be made on the Chrysanthemum, as far as 

 my limited knowledge will permit. John Martin. 



Winchester, Dec. 20th, 1835. 



ARTICLE II. — On the Culture of the Cyclamen Persi- 

 cum. By Louisa Harriet. 



Your valuable little work, the Cabinet, having afforded me 

 both amusement and instruction, I feel anxious to contribute my 

 mite of information to its pages. Perceiving in the April Num- 

 ber, (Vol. III.) that at page 91 a correspondent says a few obser- 

 vations on the culture of Cyclamens would be acceptable, and not 

 having seen the query answered, I send you the folllowing extract, 

 which you will perceive 1 have copied from the Horticultural Re- 

 gister, which work I took for the first three years, until the Cabi- 

 net appeared, which suited me better, being more interesting and 

 useful. 



" The Cyclamen Persicum begins to shew its flowers early in 

 the year, and is in beauty throughout the months of March and 

 April. As soon as the flowers fade, the pots are placed on their 

 sides (as a caution against their being watered) in a corner of the 

 greenhouse. In August the roots are taken out of the pots, and 

 the earth adhering to them being first carefully shaken off, they 

 are planted in an open, but sheltered border of the garden, where 



