CHAPTER XV 

 POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS 



WELL-GROWN plants, covered with a profusion of bloom, 

 are very attractive and for such there is always a demand. 

 A half-starved, poorly grown plant is an object of pity, 

 and the culture of plants in pots should not be attempted 

 unless they can be given the care necessary to develop 

 them to approaching perfection. Because of their re- 

 stricted root area, they are quickly affected by neglect, 

 and they require even more careful attention to details 

 of culture than do plants grown for cut-flowers, in beds 

 or benches. 



Among the genera most frequently grown are cyclamen, 

 primulas, calceolarias, cinerarias, schizanthus, begonias, 

 gloxinias, hydrangeas, acacias, genistas, ericas, azaleas, 

 poinsettias, gardenias, Easter lilies, calla lilies and oxalis. 

 Other potted plants are described in Chapter XVI. 



CYCLAMEN 



463. Botanical classification. Order, Primulacese ; 

 genus, Cyclamen (Greek word for circle, referring to 

 spirally twisted peduncles of flowers) ; species, persicum ; 

 some varieties are: giganteum ; Salmon Queen; Peach 

 Blossom; Vulcan (Fig. 33). 



464. Botanical characters. Cyclamen are low, her- 

 baceous plants which form on tuber-like corms. The 



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