CYC 



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CTC 



corm, or bulb -like root. Nat. ord., Prime- 

 worts [PrimulaceeeJ. Linn., b-PtmUmdria 

 \-Monogynia.) 



Cyclamens are very acrid, yet are the favourite 

 food of wild boars of Sicily, whence the English 

 name. Beautiful bulbous plants. 



HAKDY. 



C. Co'um (Cos). $. Lilac, red. February, South 

 Europe. 15Q6. 



E'urropce'wn (European). $. Lilac, red. Au- 



gust. Switzerland. 15Q6. 

 *-hederifo'lium (ivy-leaved). . Purple. April. 



Britain. 

 a'lbidum (whitish-cowered). *. White. 



July. Britain. 

 purpura'scens (purplish -powered), $. 



Purple. July. Britain. 



Ibe'ricum (Georgian). . Asiatic Georgia. 1831. 



latifo'lium (broad-leaved). $. Eed. April. 



South Europe. 1800. 



linearifo'lium (narrow-leaved). . Purple. 



April. South Europe. 1824. 



Ktora'le (shore-inhabiting). J. Deep rose. 



Lake of Como. 1845. 



Hfeapollta! num. (Neapolitan). J. Red. April. 



Italy. 1824. 



ve'rnum (spring). \. Purple. April. South 



Europe. 



GREENHOUSE. 



C. Pe'rsicum, (Persian). . Red, white. Febru- 

 ary. Cyprus. 1731. 



albiflo'rum (white-flowered). $. White. 



February. Cyprus. 1731. 



inodo'rum (scentless). . Red, white. 



February. Cyprus. 1731. 



lacinia'tum (jagged -petaled). $. Red, 



white. April. 



lila'ceum (lilac-coloured-./Zou;ered). i- 



Lilac. February. 



odora'tum (scented). . Red, white. Fe- 

 bruary. Cyprus. 1731. 



puncta'tum (spotted-cowered). . White, 



lilac. March. 



repa'ndum (wavy-edged). $. April. Greece. 



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Propagation : by Seed. This is the only 

 way of propagating Cyclamens. The roots, 

 being a solid corm, will not divide suc- 

 cessfully. Gather the seed as soon as 

 ripe, dry it slowly, and sow it in Febru- 

 ary, in shallow, wide-mouthed pots, in a 

 compost of peat, loam, and sand, cover- 

 ing the seeds scarcely a quarter of an 

 inch deep ; place them in a cold frame, 

 excepting C. Pe'rsicum, which should be 

 placed in a greenhouse, on a shelf near 

 the glass ; sow the seeds thinly, so that 

 they may remain in the seed-pots for one 

 year. 



Soil. Equal parts light, turfy loam, 

 sandy-peat, and leaf-mould; or, if this 

 cannot be had, half a part of very rotten 

 dung may be substituted. 



Summer Culture. Pot in autumn, and 

 when spring comes in most of the kinds 

 will be in flower. They require then a 

 good supply of water. Though some of 



the species are hardy, yet it is safer to 

 cultivate them in pots in frames, and 

 bring them into the greenhouse when 

 in flower. Some of the varieties of (7. 

 Pe'rsicum are very fragrant ; but there is 

 no certainty that the seedlings from them 

 will continue fragrant. Seedlings of a 

 year old should be potted singly into 

 thumb-pots, and be re-potted in April in 

 3i-inch pots, and kept in a gentle heat, 

 to encourage the bulbs to grow larger^ 

 As soon as the flowering season is over, 

 set them out of doors, giving no water ; 

 and as soon as the seed is gathered, and 

 all the leaves dead, trim these off, and 

 lay the pots on one side, to keep them 

 dry till the plants require potting. 



Winter Culture. When frost begins, 

 shift them into pots of a size in propor- 

 tion to that of the bulbs, leaving the bulbs 

 just out of the soil, excepting C. Co'um, 

 which should be covered about half an 

 inch. The largest bulbs may require pots 

 six inches in diameter. As soon as potted, 

 place them in a cold frame, covering up 

 securely from frost; give air on all fa- 

 vourable occasions, and water very mo- 

 derately till the leaves are full-grown and 

 the flowers begin to appear, when it may 

 be more liberally given. 



Insects. Slugs, green fly, and wire- 

 worms prey upon them. 



Diseases. Sometimes when the bulbs 

 become large they lose the power of grow- 

 ing again ; the buds on the crown appear 

 to be dead. We know of no remedy. 



Culture in the open air. All the spe- 

 cies, excepting C. Pe'rsicum and its va- 

 rieties, will live in a warm border of the 

 compost out of doors ; but, on account of 

 their early blooming, the flowers are often 

 injured by late frosts. The border should 

 be well drained, and a covering of tan- 

 ner's bark or coal-ashes should be spread 

 over the roots in autumn, and allowed to 

 remain on till the warm weather of spring 

 arrives, when it may be removed and re- 

 newed in the autumn. The bulbs may 

 either be taken up and replanted in Oc- 

 tober, or allowed to remain for two years. 



CYCLOBO'THRA. (From kyklos, a cir- 

 cle, and bothros, a pit; in reference to- 

 a cavity at the bottom of each sepal. 

 Nat. ord., Lily worts [Liliacese]. Linn., 

 6-Hexandria 1-JHonogynia. Allied to 

 Calochortus.) 



Little hardy or half-hardy bulbs, with drooping 

 flowers ; succeed best in a sunny border of light 

 soil ; to be protected in winter. Readily increased 



