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• In the management of cuttings after being 

 planted nut, some succeed perfectly in the open 

 ground, others in sheltered shadv situations ; 

 some require to he placed in pots, for the con- 

 venience of occasional protection in severe 

 weather, and others to be plunged in hot- beds 

 in order to promote their striking root, as is fully 

 explained under the Culture of each particular 

 "sort. 



The length of time which is necessary for 

 Striking root is different in the different sorts. 

 In many of the tree, and some of the her- 

 baceous, shrubbv, and succulent kinds, it will he 

 perfectly effected in the course of one or two 

 months ; and in almost all the sorts in the course 

 of a twelvemonth. When assisted by artificial 

 heat, it is always effected in a more expeditious 

 manner than where the contrary is the case. 



In this method of propagation, the varieties 

 of all the different curious species which are ca- 

 pable of being increased in this way, may be 

 equally preserved and kept distinct, as in the prac- 

 tices of budding, grafting, and layering. 



CYCLAMEN," a genus containing plants of 

 • the low, herbaceous, flowery, perennial tuberous- 

 rooted kind. Snow-Bread. 



It belongs to the class and order Pcntcuidria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Precice. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a half- 

 five-cleft perianthium, roundish, permanent : 

 divisions ovate : the corolla one-petalled : tube 

 somewhat globose, twice as large as the calvx, 

 small, nodding: border bent upwards, five- 

 parted, very large: divisions lanceolate: neck 

 prominent : the stamina consist of five very small 

 filaments in the tube of the corolla : anthers 

 straight, sharp, in the neck of the corolla, con- 

 verging : the pistillum is a roundish germ : style 

 filiform, straight, longer than the stamens: stigma 

 sharp : the pericarpium is a globose berry, one- 

 celled, gaping five ways at the top, covered with 

 a capsular shell : the seeds very many, somewhat 

 ovate, cornered : the receptacle ovate and free. 



The species cultivated are : l.C. E/nopceum, 

 Common Cyclamen; -;. C. Coitm, Round-leaved 

 Cyd '.men ; :•(. (_ . P&sicum, Persian Cyclamen ; 

 4. C. hedertefoliam, Iw-kr. ed Cyclamen. 



The first has a tuberous root, oblately spheroid- 

 al, white within, brown Without ; from which 

 proceeds, within the ground, a very short stem, 

 and from that the leaves, and one-flowered pe- 

 duncles or scapes : the leaves are kidney-form, 

 roundish, very blunt, slightly crenulate, deep 

 green, and spotted above; beneath commonly red 

 purple, smooth, on very long round red petioles : 

 the flowers drooping, sweet-scented, and purple. 

 It is a native of Austria. 



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The second species has a round, solid, tuberous 

 root, and low naked stem, furnished with plane 

 orbicular leaves, and short weak petioles ; the un- 

 der side of the leaves very red in the beginning of 

 winter, but that colour goes off in the spring; 

 the tipper side smooth, of a lucid green, spread- 

 ing fat open : the Sowers are very bright pur- 

 ple, appearing in the middle of winter. It is a- 

 native of the "South of Europe. 



There are varieties with purplish flowers, and 

 with flesh-coloured flowers. 



In the third, the leaves are stiff, on strong 

 fleshy petioles, near six inches long, of a pur- 

 ple colour, as are also the veins of the leaves un- 

 derneath ; but the upper side is veined and mar- 

 bled with wdiitc : the corolla is pure white, with 

 a bright purple bottom, ft floweis in March 

 and April, and the seeds ripen in August. 



There are varieties with entire white sweet- 

 scented flowers, and with veined and marbled 

 leaves, with pale purple flowers, and bright red 

 or purpled bottoms. 



The fourth has a large, orbicular, compressed 

 root : the leaves are numerous on petioles six or 

 seven inches long, marked with black in the mid- 

 dle : the flowers appear before them on lono- 

 fleshy scapes about August; soon after which 

 the leaves come out, continue growing all the 

 winter and spring till May, when the\ r brgin to 

 decay. After the flowers are fallen, the pedun- 

 cles twist up like a screw, inclosing the germ in 

 the centre, and lie close to the ground among the 

 leaves, which serve as a protection to the seed, 

 which ripens in June. It is a native of Italy. 



There are varieties with white and with pur- . 

 plish flowers. 



Culture. — These plants are all capable of being 

 increased by sowing the seeds in large wide pots, 

 tubs, or boxes, filled with good light mould, 

 mixed with a little sand, in the latter end of sum- 

 mer or beginning of autumn, covering them to 

 the depth of about half an inch, exposing them. 

 at first in situations that have only the morning 

 sun, but afterwards removing them into more 

 warm and sunny exposures ; and as the winter 

 approaches, placing them under the protection of 

 frames and glasses, or some other contrivance, 

 fresh air being freely admitted when the weather 

 is mild and suitable. In this way some plants 

 of the. hardy sorts will appear about the Uegih- 

 ning of the following year, and of all the kinds 

 in the spring. During the beginning of sum- 

 mer, when the weather is hot and rirv, slight 

 waterings should be given occasional lv ; but 

 when their leaves begin to decline in the latter 

 end, they should be removed to an eastern as.- 

 pect, with only the morning sun, and, as their 

 roots are then in an inactive state, have link at 



