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CYC 



HARDY. 



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

 South Europe. 1595. 



Europce'um (European). 4> Lilac, red. 



August. Switzerland. 1596. 



hedenfo' limn (Ivy-leaved). ?. Purple. April. 



Britain. 



a'lbidum (whitish-^otm-ed). $. 



White. July. Britain. 



purpura'scens (purplish- flow- 

 ered'), $. Purple. July. Britain. 



Ibe'ricitm (Georgian). $. Asiatic Georgia. 



1831. 



latifo'lium (broad-leaved). \. Red. April. 



South Europe. 1800. 



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



April. South Europe. 1824. 



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



LakeofComo. 1845. 



Neapolita'num (Neapolitan). 4> Red. April. 



Italy. 1824. 



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



Europe. 



GREENHOUSE. 



C. Pc'rsicum (Persian). $. Red, white. Feb- 

 ruary. Cyprus. 1731. 



albiflo'rum (white-flowered). $. 



White. February. Cyprus. 1731. 



inodo'rum (scentless). $. Red, 



white. February. Cyprus. 1731. 



. lacinia'tum (jagged-petaled) . 3. 



Red, white. April. 



___ llla'ceum (Lilac - coloured -flow- 



ered). $ Lilac. February. 

 odora'tum (scented). ^. Red, 



white. February. Cyprus. 1731. 

 ~ puncta'tum (spotted -flowered). 



i. White, lilac. March. 



repa'ndum (wavy-edged), k. April. Greece. 



1816. 



Propagation : by Seed. This is the 

 only way of propagating cyclamens. 

 The roots being a solid corm will not 

 divide successfully. Gather the seed 

 as soon as ripe, dry it slowly, and sow 

 it in February in shallow wide-mouthed 

 pots, in a compost of peat, loam, and 

 sand, covering the seeds scarcely a 

 quarter of an inch deep ; place them 

 in a cold frame, excepting O. pcrsicum, 

 which should be placed in a greenhouse 

 on n 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 apart 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 green-- 

 house when in flower. Some of the 

 varieties of C. persicum are very fra- 

 grant, but there is no certainty that the 

 seedlings from them will continue fra- 

 grant. Seedlings of a year old should 

 be potted singly into thumb-pots, and 

 be repotted in April in 3^-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 pro- 

 portion to that of the bulbs, leaving 

 the bulbs just out of the soil, excepting 

 C. count, which should be covered 

 about half an inch. The largest bulbs 

 may require pots six inches in diame- 

 ter. As soon as potted, place them in 

 a cold frame, covering up securely 

 from frost; give air on all favourable 

 occasions, and water very moderately 

 till the leaves are full-grown and the 

 flowers begin to appear, when it may 

 be more liberally given. 



Insects. Slugs, yrecn fly and wlrc- 

 tcorms prey upon them. 



Diseases. Sometimes when the bulbs 

 become large they lose the power of 

 growing 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. persicum 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 tanner'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 renewed 

 in the autumn. The bulbs may either 

 be taken up and replanted in October, 

 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 sepul. 



