CHAPTER V 



HARDY BULBS 



Cyclamens Dicentras Dieramas ran this Eremuruses 

 Erythroniums Eucomises 



CYCLAMENS 



THE hardy Cyclamens or Sowbreads are charming little 

 flowers which grow well under the shade of trees or in 

 the rock-garden. They like a rich, but light soil, with 

 a few stones mixed with it, and to be planted an inch or 

 two beneath the surface. The earliest and one of the 

 best is C. Coum, which has pretty crimson flowers about 

 January. There are a pleasing white variety and a few 

 other colours such as rose and lilac. Libanoticum is 

 later and has large flowers and leaves. Ibericum succeeds 

 these, and the Atkinsi varieties are very beautiful, in 

 various shades from white to purple. Cilicicum and 

 alpinum are tiny little species with red or white flowers 

 and small leaves, and are best suited for the rock-garden. 

 Europaeum, red or lilac, in August, is more difficult to 

 grow, but likes shade and partial covering with a low 

 carpeting plant. The best of the late species is neapoli- 

 tanum, or hederaefolium, which has prettily marked 

 leaves succeeding the red or white flowers which come 

 in autumn. These plants can be raised from seeds sown 

 as soon as ripe, or in spring. 



DICENTRAS 



A few of the tuberous-rooted Dicentras or Dielytras 

 deserve mention here. Among them are Cucullaria, 



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