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CYCLAMENS. 



Sir, — Will you kindly give treatment of 

 Cyclamen. I see by a late number of this 

 paper that the bulb should never be allowed 

 to dry off, and looking up instructions in 

 catalogue, I am told to dry them off. I have 

 followed the latter plan, and have never suc- 

 ceeded well. 



A SuRSCRiHKB, Seaforth. 



It was formerly thought a good plan 

 to dry off the young Cyclamen bulb in 

 summer ; but the best cultivators have 

 now abandoned the custom and better 

 success is obtained. After blooming, 

 they may be grown a second year by 

 drying moderately and resting and re- 



potting. The second year the flowers 

 are earlier and smaller, after which it is 

 not advisable to save the plants, as 

 young seedling plants will give so much 

 better results. A writer in Ftrk's Maga- 

 zine writes : 



I last year resolved to try Persian cy- 

 clamens in the same way we treat cal" 

 las, eupatoriums, and a host of other 

 things, viz. : planted out in the open 

 ground in May. We selected a border 

 close to a wall, and having dug it deeply 

 and given it a good dressing of manure, 

 the cyclamens were planted out about 

 one foot apart each way ; and, beyond 

 keeping them free from weeds, they re- 

 ceived no attention whatever until Sep- 

 tember. Then they had produced fine 

 heads of young foliage, and many were 

 showing flowers. They were therefore 

 carefully lifted with good balls of earth, 

 and the way in which the roots clung to 

 the manure, and their healthy, vigorous 

 look proved that they liked a good rich 

 diet and plenty of it. They certainly 

 were altogether more satisfactory than if 

 they had been kept in pots. 



