CYCLAMEN 



suit Fr. Hildebrand, Die Gattung Cyclamen, Jena, 

 1898. L. H. B. 



All Cyclamens are very beautiful, and would be much 

 more popular were they hardy in our eastern climate. 

 On the Pacific slope many of them probably would be 

 perfectly at home as outdoor plants, producing a great 

 numberof flowers above the bare soil in the depth of 

 winter before the leavm are developed. It is, however, 

 with the Persian C\ i-hmien, which is tender, that florists 

 have had the greatest success. There is no common 

 winter-flowering .subject of as much value for duration 

 in bloom, variety of coloring, or wealth of c<ilor. 



It is preferable at all times to 1" ^'iii tli. c\ilnirc of 

 Persian Cyclamen with seeds, sown in th. , nh winter 

 months. Grow on without any chii k t<iitli. tclLining 

 year. They should bloom freely al.wiit nit. . n months 

 from planting. Old tubers. i>uch as arc ottcre.i in fall 

 with other florists' bull>s, rarely give any satisfaction as 

 compared with a jiacket of seeds. It is ii,,t the nature 

 of the plant to ba\ e all its roots drie.i off, as if it were 

 a Hyacinth or Tulip. Our summers are rather too warm 

 to suit Cyclamen perfectly, and it \m11 lie fouml that the 

 most growth is made in the early autumn. It is best to 

 give them a little shade in the hot nionths, such as a 

 frame outdoors near the shade of on rhan^'im; trees at 

 midday. Thisis Ik m i ili .n _i -. _ ,, mid, r|iainted 

 glass, as more liL'lii - 'li iil. ntv of 



seeds require a l<>ii_ 

 two months. This i 

 duces a bulb or corn 

 soon as two leaves a 

 around the edge of 

 large enough for a .! 

 sparingly in the inir 

 would be fatal at tic 

 another shift may h 

 he ready for the i"'t- 

 6-inch pots, accordu 

 will always be fouii 



CYCLAMEN 



named varieties that will reproduce themselves almost 



i the 





before leaf growth is visible, 

 e well developed, place the plants 

 - or 5-inch pots until every one is 



nch p'lt The roots are produced 



-t lit i;\ tic iiici.llr of summer 

 -'iMii. iicl m -SI pt.niher all will 



I li til. \ an to n.iwer, — 5- or 

 he vigor of the plants. It 

 rer, that there will be a cer- 

 tain percentage that will not grow, no matter how mu.'h 

 persuasion is used. These may be thrown away to save 

 time and labor early in the season The Gi'ganteum 



grown in partial shade. 



strains produce the largest blooms, but at the expense 

 of quantity. For the average cultivator it is better to 

 try a good strain that is not gigantic. There is a recent 

 departure in the form of crested flowers. Cyclamens 

 come true to color from seeds, and one can now buy 



Of recent" years cultivators have had much trouble 

 with a tiny insect or mite that attacks the plants and 

 renders them useless for bloom. Its work is done mostly 



after the plants are taken 

 into the greenhouse and 

 when about to mature into 

 blooming specimens. If 

 the first flowers come deformed, or 

 abnormally streaked with colors 

 that are darker in shade, it is a 

 sure indication that the pest is 

 present. No other treatment can 

 be recommended but to destroy 

 the infected plants and keep the 

 stock clean, for the pest has not yet been 

 studied carefully. 



Cult, by E. O. Orpet. 



Cyclamens should be removed to the 

 greenhouse about the end of September, 

 or bef..re any danger of frost, " " 

 lioiis,. they slioiiM iihviiys have the lightest 

 l"-ii.-li. It is iiiijiossiiil,. to grow them in a 

 \variii. s),,M]y ]i,,n,,., .M.out 50° at night is the 

 i.i.al I. inii.ratui-,. win ii iu flower. The soil 

 best suited to them is a fresh, tufty loam, 

 with a fourth or fifth of well rotted horse- 

 manure, to which add some clean sand if the 

 soil is heavy. At all times, the pots should be 

 well drained. Greenfly is sure to attack the 

 plants at all stages of their growth. In the 

 frames the plants can be plunged in tobacco 

 stems, and in the greenhouse they must be fumigated 

 it is better still, vaporized with some of the 

 : extracts. William Scott. 



A. Fall-blooming species. 



Afric4num, Boiss. & Rent. The largest of Cyclamens: 

 tubers often as large as a turnip (4-10 in. across) : Ivs. 



.ate-cordate, coarsely toothed, pale beneath, dull and 



de green marbled above: calyx pubescent, the lobes 



roadly ovate-acuminate: corolla nearly white, faintly 

 rose- or purple-tinged, the segments 1 in. long and deep 

 purple at the base. Algeria. B.M. 575S. F.S. 8:841. - 

 Little known in this country, but sold by the American 

 agencies of the Dutch bulb houses. The same remark 

 will apply to most other species, except C. IntifoUiim. 

 Perhaps a form of the next. 



Neapolitanum, Ten. Tuber very large, black, thick- 

 rinded: Ivs. variable, from hastate to round -reniform, 

 more or less wavy-plaited on the edges, green or some- 

 what parti-colored: calyx small: corolla pink or rarely 

 white, the segments short and twisted and the edges 

 raised and white-edged at the base. S. Eu. B.R. 24:49. 

 Gn. 51, p. 37. R.H. 1855: 21. as C. hederce folium. 



Europseum, Linn. {C. Cliisii, Lindl.). Lrs. ovate-or- 

 bicular, entire or nearly so, with a deep and narrow 

 basal sinus, more or less white-marbled above, purple- 

 tinted beneath : fls. on scapes 4-5 in. high, bright red and 

 very fragrant, the corolla-segments oblong-spatulate 

 (54in. or less long) ; calyx glabrous. Central and S. Eu. 

 B.R. 12:1013.— Lvs. appearing with the fls. Variable. 



Cillcicnm, Boiss. & Heldr. Much like C. Eui-opaum: 

 fls. white, with purple at the mouth, about twice larger; 

 calyx puberulent. Sicily G.C. III. 23: 81. 



