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succession of their beautifully marbled leaves and elegant 

 flowers through the whole of the winter and spring. The 

 varieties of C. persicum can be had in almost all shades of 

 colour, from deep red to pure white, in some instances beau- 

 tifully spotted, and in some varieties very fragrant. They 

 last a very long time in flower, are admirably adapted for 

 cutting for bouquets or for window or dinner-table decoration, 

 and are also most attractive objects when grouped with other 

 plants in the conservatory ; in fact, no garden should be 

 without a large stock, and every amateur grower or lover 

 of plants not possessed of a garden may grow these in his 

 windows. Hence they are well suited for London and large 

 towns, where small gardens and an extended love of plants 

 are usually found combined. The following are all varieties 

 of C. Persicum : — 



C. Brilliant. — This is a new variety of C. Persicum, and is 

 the darkest crimson form we have yet met with ; flowers 

 produced in great profusion, intense brilliant crimson, deepen- 

 ing at the base to blood red ; foliage small and compact. 



C. delicatnm. — The flowers of this variety are large ; 

 petals of the purest white, beautifully enlivened by a bright 

 pink eye. 



C. Excellent. — Petals very broad and of great substance, 

 snow white, with a vivid red eye ; very distinct and desir- 

 able. 



C. Firefly. — A lovely variety, with bright red petals, shaded 

 with crimson ; the eye is very dark. 



C. (jigantextm. — This variety is the pioneer of quite a new 

 type of Giant Cyclamen, and was raised by judicious selection 

 for several years from the largest-flowered kinds ; the leaves 

 of this are of very thick texture, and are larger and stouter 

 than C. Persicum, beautifully mottled, ' flower stalks very 

 stout, throwing the flowers well above the foliage ; each 



