GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY PLANTS 107 



Cyclamen 



is formed before the first leaf makes its appearance, and when the 

 first leaf is fully developed the seedlings are ready for pricking off. 

 During this process a minimum temperature of 55 degrees will be 

 sufficient. The seedlings may be put directly into thumb pots, 

 pricked off around the sides of 4- or 5-inch pots, or into shallow boxes, 

 keeping them at all times near the light, and in as uniform a state of 

 moisture at the roots as possible. By the middle of May those in 

 the most advanced stages of growth should be in 4-inch pots. At 

 this time they should get the full light from the north side of a 

 house, the plants being placed on inverted pots, and as near the glass 

 as possible. The glass on the south side should be shaded. For 

 Summer quarters frames are the best. The bottom should have a 



