24 HARDY CYCLAMEN, HYACINTHUS CANDICANS, & EARLY-FLOWERING GLADIOLI. 
Cyclamen — continued. 
HARDY CYCLAMEN SPECIES, for Rockwork out-of-doors. 
These Hardy Cyclamen require perfect drainage, and shelter from the cutting winds of March and April, 
and the hot rays of the Summer sun ; at the bottom of old walls facing north and on rockwork they are 
very beautiful ; or nestling in the grass, near the roots and under the shelter of old trees, the effect is most 
charming. C. Europeeum is fragrant, and commences flowering in July. C. Neapotitanum, Grcecum, and 
Africanum, flower in Autumn, and have large beautiful marbled leaves ; these again are succeeded by the 
winter-flowering varieties — Ibericum and Count, which bloom from December to March ; Repandum closes 
the Cyclamen season in April. Repandum and Africanum should be planted in warm protected situations on 
rockwork, and covered with leaves or bracken till March. 
The Cyclamen Neapolitan varieties are perfectly hardy, and have large and beautiful variegated leaves ; 
they are unusually decorative throughout Autumn and Spring, and might well be used for Winter beds, inter- 
mingled with Scillas, Chionodoxas, Leucojums, Narcissus nanus, Snowdrops, Muscaris, &c. 
t3T These hardy Cyclamen are kept in pots ready for despatch at all seasons. 
Winter, and Spring-flowering, 12 varieties, 3 roots of each, 2 $s. 
9 1- 
1076 Hardy Cyclamen, Autumn, 
1077 
each — s. d. 
1078 Africanum (syn. macrophyllum), enormous 
heart-shaped dentated leaves, with large 
silvery green tone, very handsome, doz. 10/6 1 o 
1079 Ibericum Atklnsl, white, crimson centre 
per doz. 7/6 o 9 
1080 „ lilacinum, rosy lilac, crimson 
centre per doz. 10/6 1 o 
1081 „ roseum, pretty rose - coloured 
flowers per doz. 5/6 o 6 
1082 „ rubrum, deep crimson flowers 
per doz. 5/6 o 6 
1083 „ mixed, seedlings ... „ 4/6 ... 
1084 Ciliclcum, white, with bright purple centre 
per doz. 7/6 o 9 
1086 Coum, bright crimson p. 100, 3s/; „ s/ 6 0 6 
1086 ,, album, white , ,, 10/6 1 o 
1087 Coum roseum, bright rose ...per doz. 7/6 o 
1088 Buropseum, crimson sweet - scented, 
autumn-flowering, roots from open 
ground p. 100, 2t/; p. doz. 3/6 o 
1089 Europaaum, in pots per doz. 7/6 o 
1090 Neapolitanum (syn . hedersefol i 11m ), flowers 
rosy pink, large handsome silver- 
marbled foliage per doz. 5/6 o 
1091 ,, album , pure white ... ,, 7/60 
1092 ,, mixed seedlings ... ,, 5/6 ... 
1093 Grsecum (syn. \aX\io\mm), beautiful delicate 
rose-coloured flowers ...p. doz. 7/6 o 
1094 ,, roots from open ground ,, 5/6 o 
1096 Repandum (syn. vernum), bright crimson 
per doz. 7/6 o 
1096 „ album, pure white ... „ 10/6 1 
d. 
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HYACINTHUS CANDICANS. 
THE GREAT SNOW-WHITE SUMMER-FLOWERING HYACINTH. 
1097 Hyaclnthus Candicans attains a height of 3 to 6 feet, according to soil and situation, and is sur- 
mounted with 20 to 50 graceful pendant pure white bell-shaped flowers, equally decorative for 
the flower border or the conservatory. Figured in The Garden, r88t. 
Good Flowering bulbs, p. zoo, 6/6 ; p. doz. 1/3. Larger selected bulbs, p. 1 >o, 8/6 ; p. doz. 1/6 
GLADIOLI. 
EARLY-FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI, for Autumn and Winter-Planting. 
Bulbs ready from October. 
These beautiful Early-flowering Gladioli are greatly prized as cut flowers from May to July for filling vases, 
&c., and on this account, as also for the fine effect they produce in the flower garden, they should be largely 
planted. G. Colvillei, "The Bride,” is exceptionally valuable, and is extensively grown in pots to cut during 
April, May and June for Covent Garden Market. All the Gladioli we have enumerated as early-flowering may 
be grown in pots for indoor decoration. 
Culture Out-doors. — A sunny situation is preferred. Trench the ground, working in plenty of rotten 
manure in the underspit ; plant the varieties marked with an * from October to December, and the others 
from November till February, at a depth of six inches. If the summer is dry and the weather hot, a good 
soaking of water or liquid manure twice a week greatly benefits the growing plants. When planted in autumn, 
the beds should be lightly covered with fern or cocoa-fibre. 
Culture for Conservatory Decoration.— Plant three to five bulbs, according to size, in a five 
or six-inch pot, and plunge in ashes in a cold frame or pit, withholding water till the bulbs have started into 
growth ; or, the pots may be buried in ashes out of doors, as recommended for the Hyacinth, and there 
allowed to remain undisturbed till ready to remove indoors. It is customary with some to plant several bulbs 
close together in the open border, and when the flower begins to colour, lift without breaking the ball, pot, and 
place indoors. So treated, the flowers expand as if the bulbs had not been disturbed. 
MAY AND JUNE-FLOWERING HARDY GLADIOLI. p. 100. p.doz. 
s. d. s. d. 
1098*Byzantlnu8, showy brilliant rosy claret , useful for borders , naturalizing , or cutting , lit. 2 ft... 3 6...0 6 
1099*ColvUlel, crimson-purple, flaked while, very showy, valuable for naturalization, ht. x£ ft. ... 3 6...0 6 
1100* ,, “The Bride,” pure white flowers , most valuable in early Summer for border deco- 
ration and cutting. It is also a grand foi-flanl indoors, ht. 2 ft.... 3 6.,.o 6 
1101* „ “ The Bride,” extra large roots 4 6...0 8 
[ Barr and Son, 
