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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Cyclamen continued. 



FIG. 584 . FLOWER, BUD, AND LEAF OF CYCLAMEN EUROPIUM. 



C. europseum (European), fl. bright red, very fragrant ; corolla 

 segments oblong-spathulate, Jin. to fin. long. August to October. 

 I. produced at the same time as the flowers, ovate-orbicular, 

 deeply cordate at the base, with close lobes, moderately firm in 

 texture, marbled with white above, tinted ith purple beneath, 

 entire or minutely crenulate, always witho. ; large deltoid teeth. 

 Bootstock a depresso-globose regular tuber, with slender fibres 

 from all over its lower half, the tufts of leaves and flowers often 

 connected with it by a rhizome 2in. or Sin. long. h. 4in. Central 

 and Southern Europe, widely dispersed, 1596. See Fig. 584. 

 C. Clusii (B. R. 1013), C. littorale (B. R. 1846, 56), and C. Peaki- 

 anum (F. M. 262) are Italian forms of this species, with much 

 longer and more delicate flowers. 



C. graecum (Greek), fl. 

 the base ; corolla segments 



iin. to Jin. long. September and October. I. not developed till 

 after the flowers, cordate-orbicular, obtuse, small, firm in texture 



pure white, with a bright purple spot at 

 ts oblong-spathulate, auricled at the base, 

 ber and October. I. not developed till 

 , -orbicular, obtuse, small, firm in texture 



for the genus, irregularly denticulate, but without large deltoid 

 teeth, distinctly zoned with white above, and tinted with purple 

 beneath. Tuber large, red, often irregular in form, with a few 

 fibres in a tuft from its base. Mountains of Greece. A well 

 marked species, not unlike C. neapolitanum, but quite different 

 in leaves and tuber. 



C. Ibericum (Iberian).* fl. bright red in the type, with a bright 

 purple spot at the base ; corolla segments oblong-spathulate. 

 February and March. I. cotemporary with the flowers, ovate- 

 orbicular, very obtuse, entire or faintly undulated at the edge, 

 firm in texture, distinctly zoned with white. Tuber globose, 

 larger than in C. Count, with the slender root-fibres in a tuft from 

 the base. h. Sin. Caucasus, 1831. This, according to Mr. Baker, 

 is but a sub-species or geographical race of C. Coum, but far supe- 

 rior to it for decorative purposes. (S. B. F. G. 9, under name of 

 C. vemum). There is a fine garden variety, C. Atkinsii, raised by 

 Mr. Atkins, of Painswick ; and a form having large pure white 

 flowers, with a bright-coloured purple spot at the base of each 

 segment (figured in F. d. S. 2425). 



C. neapolitanum (Neapolitan).* fl. white or red, with a bright 

 violet-purple spot at the base ; corolla segments oblong-spathulate, 

 with a distinct auricle on both sides at the base, iin. to Jin. long. 

 August and September. I. developed before the flowers disappear, 

 cordate, ovate, finally Sin. to 4in. long and broad, very variable in 

 shape, thin in texture, usually furnished with several large deltoid 

 teeth, and often, but not always, with minute small ones. Root- 

 stock a very large depresso-globose tuber, sometimes attaining 

 1ft. in diameter, with fibres produced from all over its surface. 

 Central and Southern Europe, widely dispersed ; naturalised in 

 several places in Britain. See Fig. 5815. 



C. persicum (Persian).* fl. inodorous in the type ; corolla the 

 largest of all the species ; segments white in the type, with a 

 bright claret-purple blotch at the base, oblong-spathulate, not 

 auncled at the base. March and April. I. cotemporary with 

 the flowers, ovate, irregularly crenate on the margin, moderately 

 firm in texture, distinctly variegated with white. Rootstock a 

 depresso-globose regular tuber, much larger than in C. Coum, 

 with a dense mass of fibres from all over the under side. h. 6in. 

 Greece, Palestine, and other parts of Syria, 1731. This is the finest 

 of all the species. -. See Figs. 581 and 582. There are a large 

 number of garden varieties (see Fig. 586), the most striking of 

 which 'are figured in F. M. 2435. C. album punctatum, C. dlep- 



picum, and C. giganteum, 

 species. 



are merely garden forms of this 



Cyclamen continued. 



FIG. 585. CYCLAMEN NEAPOLITANUM, showing Single Flower, 

 Bud, and Habit. 



3. repandum (repand). fl. rose-red, with a bright purple basal 

 spot ; corolla segments Jin. to |in. long, oblong-spathulate, not 

 auricled at the base. March to May. I. cotemporary with the 

 flowers, ovate-deltoid, cordate at the base, with an open sinus, 

 thin in texture, zoned with white, tinged with purple beneath. 

 Rootstock a small globose tuber, with a few slender fibres in a 

 tuft from its base. South Europe. (B. M. 1001, under the name 

 C. hedercefolium.) 



FIG. 586. CYCLAMEN PERSICUM, GARDEN VARIETY. 



Varieties Mixed seed from a good strain are best for 

 general cultivation, as they can be procured much cheaper, 

 and the produce represents a much greater diversity of 

 colour, than would be obtained from a few named varieties. 

 These latter, in many cases, soon become superseded by 

 still better selections, and are of most use to seed-raisers 

 for fixing a select strain. What is termed the giganteum 

 type is one that has flowers of immense size, but less in 

 number. The flowers in this and the ordinary section vary 

 in colour from pure white to dark purple, and some have 

 two or more colours beautifully blended. 



CYCLOBOTHRA. See Calochortns. 



CYCLODIUM. See Aspidinm. 



CYCLOGYNE. Included under Swainsona (which 



CYCLONEMA MYRICOIDES. See 

 dron myricoides. 

 CYCLOFELTIS. See Aspidinm. 



Cleroden- 



