(•Indamcn jJcrsicum. XATrn.\i. Ohpkh: Primuiac 



"'ERSIA ga\t' birth to this variety ot the Cyclamen, which, 

 |. hke the others of" the same genus, is a bulbous (or, as some 

 Wj botanists call it, tuberous) plant, because the root or bulb is 

 solid, like a turnip, while the true bulb is composed of layers, 

 gj __- hke the onion, or scales, like most lilies. In cultivation they 

 ^-^[|^ should not be too much watered : and when not in bloom, 

 * should ha\e less. There are but tew varieties, and it is difficult to 

 make choice ot" one possessing advantages above another, except in 

 time ot floweiing — a tew blooming in winter, others in summer. The 

 foliage of some is rich and ^■aried: others send up their flowers from 

 the baic bulb before the leaves appear. The Cyclamen Persicum 

 blooms f"rom January to April, the C. hederctt'olium f'rom September 

 .^■^to December, and the C. Neapolitanum f"rom Juh- to September: so 

 with one of each, one could have blossoms almost the whole year. The word 

 Cyclamen comes from the Greek word kiikhs, a circle, because af"ter the flower 

 has withered and the seed pods appear, the stalk or stem begins to curl like the 

 tendril of a \-ine, until the seed vessel is- drawn down to and under the ground 

 wht 



ripens. 



JjifFth^nt^. 



veet contusion some new grace 

 tealtli and languished in her face. 



—F.usdn. 



tips 



IV ,1 y l.adv comes .it last, 

 ^^ Timid and stepping fast, 



And hastening hither. 

 With modest eyes downcast 

 She comes! she's here! she's past! 



May heaven go with her! 



. - WilUnm .l/n/v/rar,- Tliath-i 



T y XTO Ihe ground she cast her modest eye. 



.\nd. ever and anon, with rosy red. 

 The bashful blush her snowy cheeks did dye. -Sfcnser. 





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