CYC 



CYC 



In the management of cuttings after b ing 

 planted out, some succeed perfectly in ilie oix-n 

 ground, others in sheltered shady situations ; 

 some require to be placed in pots, for the con- 

 venience of occasi-nal protection in severe 

 weather, and others to be plunged in hot-beds 

 in order to promote their striking root, as is fully 

 explained under the Culture of each particular 

 sort. 



The length of time which is necessary for 

 Striking root is dififerent in the diflerent sorts. 

 In many of the tree, and some of the her- 

 baceous, shrubby, and succulent kinds, it will be 

 perfectly effected in the course of one or two 

 months'; and in almost all the sorts in the course 

 of a twelvemonth. When assisted by artificial 

 heat, it is always effected in a more expeditious 

 manner than w here the contrary is the case. 



In this method of propagation, the varieties 

 of all the different curious species which are ca- 

 pable of being increased in this way, may be 

 equally preserved and kept distinct, as in the prac- 

 tices of buddins, grafting, and layering. 



CYCLAMEN, a genus containing plants of 

 the low, herbaceous, flowen.-, perennial tuberous- 

 rooted kind. Snow-Bread. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentamlria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 PrecicB. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a half- 

 five-cleft perianthium, roundish, permanent : 

 divisions ovate : the corolla one-petailed : tube 

 somewhat globose, twice as large as tiie ca|vx, 

 small, nodding : border bent upwards, live- 

 parted, very Targe: divisions lanceolate: neck 

 prominent : the stamina consist of five ven.- small 

 filaments in the tube of the corolla : anthers 

 straight, sharp, in the neck of the corolla, con- 

 vert^mg : the pi-iilli.m is arouiidi'^h germ : style 

 filiform, straight, h nger than the stamens: stigma 

 sharp : the peric.irpium is a globose hern,', one- 

 celled, raping five ways at the top, covered with 

 a capsular shell : the seeds very many, somewhat 

 ovate, cornered : the receptacle ovate and free. 



The species cultivated are: 1. C. Eitropceum, 

 CoiTimon Cyclamen; •.'. C. Corim, Round-leaved 

 Cyclamen ; 3. ( '. Firskum, PiT'^inn Cyclamen ; 

 4.C. ht^ercpj'iilium. Ivy-leaved Cyclamen. 



The first has a iuherous root, oblatoly spheroid- 

 al, white \Mihin, brown without ; from which 

 proceeds, wiihm the ground, a very short stem, 

 and from that the leaves and one-flowered pe- 

 duncles or scapes : the leaves are kidney-form, 

 roundish, very blunt, slightly crcnulate, deep 

 green, and -potted above; beneath commonly red 

 purple, smooth, on very long round red petioles : 

 the flowers drooping, sweet-scented, and purple. 

 It is a native of Ausliia. 



The second species has .1 round, <;olid, tuberous 

 root, and low naked stem, furnished with plane 

 orbicular leaves, and short weak jictioles; the un- 

 der side of the leaves very red in the beginning of 

 winter, but that colour goes off' in the spring; 

 the upper riJe smo'iih, of a lucid green, spread- 

 ing flat open : the flowers are very bright pur- 

 ple, appearlns in the middle of winter. It is a 

 native of ihe^ouih of Europe. 



There are varieties with purplish flowers, and 

 wiili flesh-coloured flowers. 



In the third, the leaves are stiff, on strong 

 fleshy petioles, near six inches long, of a pur- 

 ple colour, us are also the veins of the leaves un- 

 derneath; but the upper side is veined and mar- 

 bled with while : the corolla is pure white, with 

 a bright purple bottom. It flowers in March 

 and April, and the seeds ripen in August. 



There are varieties with entire white sweet- 

 scented flowers, and with veined and marhlcd 

 leaves, with pale purple flowers, and bright red 

 or purpled bottoms. 



The fourth has a large, orbicular, compressed 

 root : the leaves are numerous on petioles six or 

 seven inches long, marked with black in the mid- 

 dle : the flowers appear before them on long 

 fleshy scapes about August; soon after which 

 the leaves come out, continue growinir all the 

 winter and spring till May, when thev'becin to 

 decay. After the flow-ers are fallen, the pedun- 

 cles twist up like a screw, inclosing the cerm in 

 the centre, and lie close to the ground amono- the 

 leaves, which serve as a protection to the seed, 

 which ripens in June. It is a native of Italy. 



There are varieties w ith white and with pur- 

 plish flowers. 



Ciillure. — These plants are all capable of being 

 increased by sowins the seeds in large wide pots, 

 tubs, or boxes, filled with good Tight mould, 

 mixed with a little sand, in the latter end of sum- 

 mer or beginning of autumn, coverino- them to 

 the depth of about half an inch, exposinsr them 

 at first in situations that have only the niornino 

 sun, but afterwards removing them into more 

 warm and sunny exposures ; and as the winter 

 approaches, placing them under the protection of 

 frames and glasses, or some other contrivance, 

 fresh air being freely admitted when the wcaiher 

 is mild and suitable. In this way some plants 

 of the hardy sorts will appear about the be"in- 

 ning of the following year, and of all the kinds 

 in the spring. During the beginning of sum- 

 mer, when the weather is hot and dry, slight 

 waterings should be given occasionally ; but 

 when their leaves begin to decline in the latter 

 end, they should be remi/vecl to an eastern as- 

 pect, with only the morning sun, and, as their 

 roots art then in an inactive state, have little or 



