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unnecessarily particular, but, to Such, I shall only say that if yon 

 wish to succeed, you must take pains, and in proportion to the pains 

 bestowed will be the success. To those who may think proper to 

 adopt my plan as far as circumstances will allow, I will say persevere 

 and you will succeed as I have done. My employers are satisfied, 

 I odtained last year a great number of prizes at the Sheffield Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



ARTICLE VI.— ON THE CULTURE OF CYCLAMENS. 



BV C. B. B. 



If by the sweet-scented Cyclamen (F. C. 1837, page 20,) Alpha means^ 

 the common Cyclamen Persicum, white with a crimson eye, it is so 

 easily cultivated, that the wonder rather is, how he can have so mis- 

 managed, without killing it, as to prevent it from flowering for three 

 rears. To grow it in perfection, the root should be placed just on the 

 surface of a compost of ecmal parts of sandy loam, leaf mould and rotten 

 cow dung, in a well drained pot, which diameter is nearly double that 

 of the root itself, and placed in alight and airy situation, where it has 

 little more than protection from frost. When it dies down, about 

 June, the plant should be set aside in a cool place without water, till 

 the end of August, when it may be replanted as above. I have found 

 *he following plan, recommended by Mr. Paxton, effective, though the 

 reason for it is not obvious. Soon after the plants die down, I turned 

 them into the open border, and allowed them to remain, until the 

 nights began to be chilly, towards the end of September. By this 

 time they had made both leaves and flowers buds, which soon expanded, 

 when the roots were taken up, and potted as above. If the plants are 

 kept in a close damp, or dark place, they will never flower. 



The directions above apply nearly to all the genus, except that 

 C.coam requires peat, and C. repandum is always difficult to keep when 

 dormant. The common sweet scented Cyclamen, of South Europe, a 

 rose coloured species, prefers more sandy leaf mould, and will bear 

 any thing except frost, and a wet soil. It grows profusely in the 

 Italian Islands, on the mossy banks which bound the vineyards. 



