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Gardens. Thefe mould be fown in 

 Autumn, and may be tranfplanted 

 into large Borders, where they will 

 endure the Cold, and flower early 

 the fucceeding Summer, and will 

 grow in almoft any Soil or Situa- 

 tion. 



CYCLAMEN, Sow-bread. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a thick round fie/hy Root : 

 the Flowers arije fingly upon Pedicles 

 from the Rooty which confjl of one 

 Leaf divided into f<ve or fix Seg- 

 ments, which are reflexed almoji to 

 the Bat torn y where they are divided: 

 the Pointal of the Fhwer becomes a 

 round membranaceous Fruity which 

 contains many roundijh Seeds, which, 

 being committed to the Earth, become 

 a Root. 



The Species are ; 



1. Cyclamen kedera; folio, fore 

 furpureo. C. B. Common autumnal 

 Sow- bread, with purple Flowers. 



2. Cyclamen bederse folio , f re 

 alio. Autumnal Sow r -bread, with a 

 white Flower. 



3. Cyclamen or hi cu la to folio, 

 inferne -purpurafcenie. C. B. Round- 

 lea v T d Sow-bread, with Leaves of a 

 purpliih Colour underneath. 



4. Cyclamen vernum minus, or- 

 biculato folio inferne rubente, fore 

 rainore ruberrimo. Mor. Hijl. LeiTer 

 Spring Sow - bread, with roundifh 

 Leaves of a redi'h Colour under- 

 neath, with fmall deep-red Flowers. 



5. Cyclamen hyetne & njcre flo- 

 renSy folio anguhfo amplo, fere albc t 

 bafe purpurea , Perfcion diflia?i H.R. 

 Par. The PerfarWiuzer and Spring- 

 flowering Sow - bread, with large 

 white Flowers, and a purple Bot- 

 tom. 



6. Cyclamen by erne cif <vere 

 florens, folio angulojo amplo, fore car- 

 mo, baji purpurea. H.R. Par. The 

 ferjuin Winter and Spring-flowering 



Scw-bread, with a large flefh colour 'd 

 Flower, and a purple Bottom. 



7. Cyclamen vernum album, 

 C. B. White Spring flowering Sow- 

 bread. 



There are feveral other Varieties 

 in the curious Gardens Abroad ; 

 but thefe here mentioned are what 

 we have at prefent in England. 



The /irft and fecond Sorts are very 

 common in the Englijh Gardens, and 

 are very hardy. Thefe are propa- 

 gated by fowing their Seeds foon 

 after they are ripe, in Tubs of frelh 

 fandy Earth, in the manner directed 

 for Xiphium ; to which Article I 

 fhall refer, to avoid Repetition. In 

 four or five Years time they will 

 begin to flower ; but their Roots, 

 being then fmall, will produce very 

 few Flowers ; and as their Roots 

 yearly increafe in Bulk, fo will the 

 Number of Flowers increafe in pro- 

 portion. I have feen a fingle Root 

 of this Plant above fourteen Inches 

 Diameter ; which hath produced 

 upwards of an hundred Flowers in 

 one Seafon. 



The beft Seafon for tranfplanting 

 thefe Roots is in June or July, foon 

 after the Seeds are perfected ; but 

 they Ihould not be kept long out of 

 the Ground ; for the Roots are dif- 

 pofed to (hoot out frefli Fibres with 

 the firft moiil Weather after the Seeds 

 are fallen ; and in about fix Weeks 

 produce their Flowers, which ap- 

 pear upon fingle Footitalks before 

 the Leaves are produced. After the 

 Flowers are blown, the green Leaves 

 appear, which continue all the Win- 

 ter ; and being of a ftrong Green, 

 varied with White, it makes an 

 handfome Appearance during that 

 Seafon. The Pedicle of the Flower 

 afterward twifts like a Screw, in- 

 cloflng the Embryo of the Fruit ; 

 by which means it is cover'd by the 



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