CYCLAMEN. 



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CYPRESSES. 



too much light, air, water, heat, or cold 

 are alike injurious to cuttings. An equable 

 temperature should be maintained, and a 

 moderate degree of moisture, and this is 

 best attained by covering them with a bell 

 glass, and shading them, if not placed in a 

 shady situation, which is the best possible 

 for them. Myrtle and camellia cuttings 

 require but little heat ; those of the heath, 

 dahlia, and pelargonium require more. 



Cyclamen, or Sow-bread (nat. ord. 

 Primula' cese). 



A genus of charming winter and spring 

 blooming bulbous, beautiful, graceful roots, 

 with very pretty foliage, and flowers so 

 easily cultivated withal, that any one may 

 enjoy the culture of these plants, either in 

 the sitting-room window, conservatory, or 

 greenhouse, from October to May, by a 

 little management in the period of starting 

 them into growth. 



Culture. Plant one bulb in a 5-inch or 

 6-inch pot, using a rich soil composed of 

 loam and leaf-mould, rotted dung, and a 

 little silver-sand, and, to secure good 

 drainage, place at the bottom of the pot 

 an oyster-shell or hollow potsherd, and 

 over that some pieces of charcoal : the bulb 

 should not be covered more than half its 

 depth. 



When the blooming season is over and 

 the bulbs are at rest, plunge the pots in- a 

 shady well-drained border, and there let 

 them remain till the leaves begin to grow, 

 when they should be taken up, turned out 

 of the pots, and as much soil removed as 

 can be done without injury to the roots, 

 and replaced with the compost already 

 mentioned. 



The cyclamen may be propagated by 

 seed sown thinly in a compost of loam, 

 peat, and sand. The seed should be sown 

 in pans and thinly covered with earth, and 

 then placed in a cold frame or on a green- 

 house shelf near the light. 



Cypresses. 



Of the cypresses, Cufresstts, there are 

 many varieties. Conspicuous among them 

 are Cupressus Laivsoniana argentea and 

 C. L. aurtovariegata, the silver and 

 gold cypresses, varieties of C. Lawsoni- 

 ana, a native of North California, also 

 known as Chamacy 'farts Lawsoniana. 

 The foliage of these trees clothes the 

 trunk to the very bottom. All the 

 cypresses require a dry soil and situation ; 

 if these conditions cannot be obtained, 

 their places would be better occupied by 

 junipers. 



CYPRESS TREK. 



