No. 751. 
CYCLAMEN PERSICUM. 
Class, Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This pretty plant, as its name imports, 
is a native of Persia, and probably other 
eastern countries : it was found by Dr. Sib- 
thorp in the island of Cyprus. 
It flowers early in spring, and often 
produces seeds, by which alone it is multi- 
plied. The soil should be rich manured 
loam. We have knownit thrive exceedingly 
- in very rotten dung, from the outsides of an 
old hot-be 
There are s era slight varieties, differ- 
ing in the greater or lesser portion of red 
in the flower; ; some of them have a slight 
scent, It requires the protection of the 
greenhouse. 
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