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 iiKiiiy uf fhem probably would be 

 perfectly at hom, :f~ ..iir,i....r jihnits, producing a preat 

 number of flow, r ' '■ i.trr soil in tlic depth of 



winter before tli. ;....; .. l.ipi-d. It is, 1h. never, 

 with the Persi:in I .,, .. .i^ li is ti-udcr, that riorists 



have had the ui' ,i -m;,. --. There is no common 



winter-riowcrin^j M;i.|iri .>f as much value for duration 

 in bloom, vmii iv ..| > "luring, or wealth of color. 



It is pi.i. mill.' :it :ill times to begin the culture of 



months. (ii-,)w iHi « iiliMut iuiv cln-.-k fur tiir I'.. II. .wing 



CYCLAMEN 



425 



almost 



year, liirv .si[..ui.i i-icnu ii.iiv;. n iiii.cii niuntiis 



from pbiiitiTii.'. (iM u,\.rv^. >u.l. ;is ;,,,. ,,ir,.,v.| ill fall 

 with othiT H..ris(s' i.ulhs. r;.n-ly Kivr ai.y sal isl:H-ti..n as 

 compared with a packi-t of seeds. It is not Ihe nature 

 of the plant to have all its roots dried off, as if it were 

 a Hyacinth or Tulip, Our summers are rather too warm 

 to suit Cyclamen perfectly, and it will be found that the 

 most growth is mail., in tiin i-nrlv antiinin. It is best to 



the 





frame outdoors mill' III. Iii. i ^ .1 

 midday. This is 1.. in r ili -1 .1. 

 glass, as more liylii is :i\ i.il.ii.i. , 1. • 1 n 

 fresh air on hot.laxs. It will I..- r,.iiiM[ 

 seeds require a I..11:,- linie in wlii.-h t.. ;:■.■ 

 two months, Tliis is .In,- t.. th.' I'a.t ih 

 duces a bulb or corni Ix-f.ire I. -at ^.-rowij 

 soon as two leaves are well develojied, 

 around the edge of 4- or 5-iuch pots until every one is 

 large enough for a 3-inch pot. The roots are produced 

 sparingly in the initial stages, and too much pot room 

 would be fatal at the start. By the middle of summer 

 another shift may be given, an<l in September all will 

 be ready for the pots in which they are to flower, — 5- or 

 6-inch pots, according to the vigor of the plants. It 

 will always be found, however, that there will be a cer- 

 tain percentage that will not grow, no matter how much 

 persuasion is used. These may be thrown away to save 

 time and labor early m the season. The Giganteum 





named varieties that will reproduce themselv 

 to a certainty. 



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 





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 



after the plants are taken 



into the greenhouse and 



when about to maune into 



blooming specimens. If 



the first flowers come defoimi 



abnormally streaked with 1 



that are darker in shade, it 1 



sure indication that the ] 1 1 



present. No other treatnu 1 I 



be recommended but to d ti \ 



the infected plants and keep the 



stock clean, for the pest has not jet been 



studied carefully. 



Cult, by E O Orpet 



Cyclamens should be removed to the 

 greenhouse about the end of September, 

 or before any danger of frost In the 

 house they should always have the lightest 

 bench. It is impossible" to glow them m a 

 warm, shady house. About 51)° at night is the 

 ideal temperature when m fl wei The soil 

 best suited to them is a ficsh tufty lo im 

 with a fourth or fifth of well lotted 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 

 or, what is better still, vaporized with some of the 

 nicotine extracts. William Scott. 



A. FaJl-Mooming species. 



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

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

 . \ ate-eordate, coarsely toothed, pale beneath, dull and 

 I'lle green marbled above: calyx pubescent, the lobes 

 bioadly ov-ate-ainirainate: corolla nearly white, faintly 

 lose or purjile-tinged, the segments 1 in. long and deep 

 IHU pie at the base: Algeria. B.M. 5758. P.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. latifolium. 

 I'erhaps 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, En, B,R,24:49, 

 Cin, 51, p. 37, K,H. 1855: 21. as C. liedercefolium. 



Europaeum, Linn. (C. Cltisil, Lindl. ). Lvs. 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 

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

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



Cilicicum, Roiss. & Heldr. Much like C. Europwum : 

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

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



