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pleasure-grounds amidst short grass, 

 mosses, and other small plants. Seed. 



Cyclamen hederaefolium (Ivy -leaved 

 C.) A beautiful tuberous perennial, 

 happily perfectly hardy. Flowers, in 

 late summer and autumn ; purplish 

 red, frequently with a whitish stripe 

 down the petals; mouth or base of 

 the corolla 10-toothed, pentagonal. 

 Leaves, variously marked, the greater 

 number appearing after the flowers, 

 4 to 6 in. long and 4 to 54 in. in dia- 

 meter. Tuber not unfrequently a foot 

 in diameter, covered with a brownish 

 rough rind, which cracks irregularly, 

 so as to form little scales. There is a 

 pure white variety and one white with 

 pink base or mouth of corolla, both of 

 which come true from seed. There 

 are also, according to Mr. Atkins, 

 valuable and distinct varieties from 

 the Greek Isles, that flower later and 

 continue longer in bloom. Their leaves 

 are thick, shining, and wax - like, 

 rising with or before the majority of 

 the flowers, being both stronger and 

 larger than the ordinary type, with 

 more decided difference of outline and 

 markings on the upper surface, the 

 under surface being frequently of a 

 beautiful purple. C. grcecum is a 

 very near ally if more than a variety ; 

 the foliage is more after the persicum 

 type, the shape of the corolla and 

 toothing of the mouth the same. 

 South of Europe and Northern Africa. 



The rock - garden, borders, or 



naturalization in half - shady bare 

 places, in light vegetable earth. Seed. 



Cyclamen vernum (Spring <?.) 

 C. repandum. A valuable kind. 

 flowers, from April to end of May ; 

 from a delicate peach to deep red 

 purple, the last-named colour being 

 very rare ; corolla long ; petals some- 

 what fleshy, twisted; mouth round, 

 not toothed. Leaves, appearing before 

 the flowers, generally more or less 

 marked with white on the upper sur- 



face, and often purplish beneath, 

 semi-transparent when young. Tuber 

 round, somewhat depressed, rough or 

 russety on outer surface ; fibres issu- 

 ing from one point on the under 



side only. Southern Europe. The 



rock - garden and sheltered mixed 

 border, in sunny sheltered spots, in 

 light, rich, well-drained soil. Seed. 



Cynara Scolymus (French Artichoke}. 

 A noble plant, 3 to 6 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in autumn ; purple, very 

 large, surrounded by an involucrum 

 of oval-obtuse, sometimes emarginate, 

 downy scales. Leaves, long, some- 

 what spiny, nearly pinnatifid, covered 

 underneath with white cottony down. 



South of Europe. Well known in 



the vegetable garden. This is one of 

 the most striking plants when seen 

 isolated on the grass, in the pic- 

 turesque flower garden, or occasionally 

 in the shrubbery. It loves rich 

 soil, and sometimes perishes if not pro- 

 tected in winter. Seed and division. 



Cypripedinm Calceolus (Lady's Slip- 

 p r ). Our largest-flowered British or- 

 chid, now nearly or quite exterminated, 

 Ito 14 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 usually solitary, or two, large ; sepals 

 1 to 1 4 in- long, dark brown ; petals 

 dark brown, narrower than sepals ; 

 lip 1 in. long, inflated, yellow, netted 

 with darker veins. Leaves, large, 

 ovate, pointed, veined, generally 3 or 

 4 in number. Native of N. Europe, 



in dense woods; very rare. The 



rock-garden, in sunny nooks sheltered 

 by small bushes, etc., in calcareous 

 soil. Careful division of established 

 tufts. 



Cypripedium candidum ( White Lady's 

 Slipper}. A small-flowered kind, the 

 lip of which reminds one of a small 

 bird's egg ; 8 to 15 in. high. Flowers, in 

 May and June ; solitary ; lip about the 

 size of a sparrow's egg, white, marked 

 with rose-coloured dots on the inside, 

 flattish laterally, convex above ; petals 



