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in odd corners of the garden, buying new ones for pots. 

 The others may be grown on year after year, repotting 

 at the times before specified. To ensure an early 

 crop of flowers of the ordinary kinds place a few 

 pots at a time in the cool house, when the flower stems 

 begin to show. Increased by offsets. 



Cyclamen. Tuberous-rooted plants, usually grown 

 outdoors in the case of the hardy species, or in a cool 

 house in the case of C. latifolium. The species that we 

 advise to be grown in a cold house are Coum and its varie- 

 ties, and repandum; also the pretty hybrid, Atkinsii. 

 These flower in winter, bear flowers of shades of rose, 

 lilac, white, crimson, etc., and have pretty marbled foliage. 



The tubers do best in shallow pans, well drained, and 

 filled with a compost of equal parts peat, leaf-mould, 

 loam, and silver sand. Plant the tubers three inches 

 apart, and sufficiently deep to just leave their crowns ex- 

 posed. Plunge the pans to their rims in fibre refuse in a 

 cold frame, and do not give any water till growth com- 

 mences. Afterwards keep fairly moist, and as soon as 

 flowers begin to form place in the greenhouse. After 

 flowering remove to the frame, and keep just moist all 

 the year. Replant every third year, but topdress each 

 year with a little dry, decayed cow manure. Increased by 

 seeds. 



Cypelia. Mexican and Peruvian bulbous - rooted 

 plants, with quaint cup-like flowers, borne in summer. 

 Interesting plants to grow in a cold house. The principal 

 species are: Herbertii, yellow (July); peruviana, yellow 

 and brown; and platensis, blue, white, and yellow. 



They require precisely the same culture as Babianas, 

 and may be increased by offsets. 



Dierama. D. pulcherrima was formerly included with 

 the Sparaxis. It grows three or more feet high, bears 



