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^ers, where they will endure the 

 Cold, and flower early the fucceed- 

 ing Summer, and v^ill grow in 

 almoft any Soil or Situation. 



CYCLAMEN i Sowbread. 

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It hath a thick, round, flcfhy 

 Root : The Flowers arife Jingly ufon 

 Fedicles fro7n the Root, which conjijl 

 of one Leaf, divided into five or fix 

 Segments, which are refiex'd al??3ofi 

 to the Bottom, where they are di- 

 "vided: The Point al of the Floiver 

 becomes a round tnembrmaceous 

 Fruit, which contains many roundifh 

 Seeds, which being committed to the 

 JEarth, becomes a Root. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Cyclamen i HederA folio. C, 

 B. fiore purpurea. Common au- 

 tumnal Sowbread, with purple 

 Flowers. 



2. Cyclamen; Heders, folio, fiore 

 eilbo. Autumnal Sowbread, with a 

 white Flower. 



3. Cyclamen ; orbiculato folio, 

 infernepurpurafcente. C.B. Round- 

 leav'd Sowbread, with Leaves ot a 

 purplifh Colour underneath. 



4,. Cyclamen ; vernum, minus, 

 orbiculato folio, infernl rubente,fiore 

 minore, ruberrimo. Mor. Hifi. LqC- 

 fer Spring Sowbread, with round- 

 ifh Leaves of a reddiih Colour un- 

 derneath, with fmall deep red 

 Flowers. 



5-. Cyclamen ,• hyeme ^ vere 

 fiorens, folio angulofo, amplo fiore 

 albo, bafi purpurea Perficum diclum. 

 B. R. Par. The Perlian, Winter, 

 and Spring flowering Sowbread, 

 \vith large whice Flowers, and a 

 purple Bottom. 



6. Cyclamen; hycme ^ vere 

 fiorenst folio angulofo, amplo flcre 

 cameo, bafi purpurea. H. R. Par. 

 The Pcrlian, Winter, and Spring 

 flowering Sov/brcad, with a large 



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Flefli'Colour*d Flower, and a purple 

 Bottom. 



7, Cyclamen; vernum alburn^ 

 C. B. White Spring flowering 

 Sowbread. 



There are feverai other Varie- 

 ties in the curious Gardens abroad, 

 but theie here mentioned are what 

 we have at prefent in England. 



The firfl and fecond Roots are 

 very common in the Englifij Gar- 

 dens, and are very hardy. Theie 

 are propagated by fowing their 

 Seeds loon after they are ripe, in 

 Tubs of frefh fandy Earth, in the 

 manner directed for Xiphium, to 

 which, I fhall refer, to avoid Repe- 

 tition. In four or five Years time 

 they will begin to flower, but their 

 Roots being then fmall, will pro- 

 duce very few Flowers ; and as 

 their Roots yearly increafe in Bulk, 

 £0 will the Number of Flowers in- 

 creafe in proportion. I have feen 

 a lingle Root of this Plant above 

 fourteen Inches Diameter, which- 

 hath produc'd upwards of an hun- 

 dred Flowers in one Seafon. 



The beft Seafon for tranfplant- 

 ing thefe Roots is in Ju?ie or 

 July, foon after the Seeds are per- 

 fedted; but they Ihould not be 

 kept long out of the Ground, for 

 the Roots are difpos'd to fhootout 

 fre(h Fibres with the firfl: moill 

 Weather after the Seeds are fall'n, 

 and in about fix Weeks to produce 

 their Flowers, which appear upon 

 Angle Footftalks before the Leaves 

 are produc'd: after the Flowers are 

 blown, the green Leaves appear, 

 which continue ail the Winter i 

 and being of a ftrong Green ; va- 

 ried with White, it makes an 

 handfbme Appearance during thac 

 Seafon : The Pedicle of the Flower 

 afterwards tVvifls like a Screw, in- 

 clofing the Embryo of the Fruit, 

 by which means it is cover'd by 



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