CYCLAMEN LADY KOBEIITS (soft jiink). 



above the leaves until November; the plants will 

 then continue to flower for at least three months, 

 especially if old flowers are kept removed. By 

 bringing plants into a little extra warmth at 

 intervals of a few weeks in September and October 

 an extended flowering period is gained. Though a 

 perennial, latifolium is commonly treated as a 

 biennial, the best results being obtained in this 

 way. If it is thought advisable to keep plants on 

 for a third season, they may be partially dried 

 and rested after flowering. In June the old soil 

 should be shaken away, the plants potted and 

 treated as seedlings. Some successful growers dc 

 not practise this drying-off, but keep the plants 

 growing. The hardy species must be kept in pots 

 until sturdy enough to look after themselves, when 

 they may be planted out, in well-drained, loamy soil 

 in irregular patches in places similar to those 

 mentioned earlier. 



CYCLANTHUS. 



Tropical American evergreen shrubs (ord. t'yclan- 

 thaceae) resembling a Palm in habit. They have 

 very short, contracted stems, with heads of fan- 

 shaped leaves, which have a division in the centre 

 of each. The flowers are inconspicuous and uni- 

 sexual, male and female being arranged in alternate 

 bands. Similar treatment to that given to stove 

 I'alms or I'and.'inu.-r.s suits. 



Principal Species : 



hipartitus, .V to 6', stem cristatus, Ivs. 5', stora a 

 a few inches long. few inches long. 



CYCLOBOTHRA. 



Charming bulbous plants (ord. Liliacea-), now 

 included with Calochortus, and described under 

 that title in this work 



