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GARDEi^ING FOR PLEASURE. 



soil, sucli as is composed of one-third leaf mold being 

 best. Press the bulb into the earth so that its top is 

 level with the surface. Give it a good watering, and then 

 place it in some dark closet or cellar for three or four 

 weeks, when it may be brought into the light. The 

 bulbs can often be bought already started from the flor- 



Fig-. 23.— CYCLAMEN. 



ists, when they may be placed among a general assort- 

 ment of plants that are kept at fifty degrees at night with 

 ten to fifteen higher in the daytime. The Cyclamen 

 flowers usually from January to April. When done flower- 

 ing the plants should be dried oft by laying the pots 

 on their sides, as recommended for Callas, say from May 

 to September, and then started again in the w^ay advised 

 above. 



