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THE CYCLAMEN. 
and treated with a little heat in their earlier stages, form blooming 
plants in the same season. The genus was founded by Presl, 
and occupies a place in the natural order Ouagraceee ; in the 
Linneean system it forms part of Octandria Monogynia. 
THE CYCLAMEN. 
The management of this beautiful genus of spring-flowering 
plants does not seem to be generally understood, if we may 
judge from the meagre specimens occasionally to be met with; 
for, though so long known, they are by no means so plentiful as 
their intrinsic beauty would lead one to expect. If the following 
hints regarding their culture should assist in their distribution, 
or enable any one to enjoy them in increased beauty, I shall be 
much pleased. I grow them both in pots as window plants, and 
in the borders of the garden ; for the first position they are 
unrivalled, and particularly suited, because so obliging as to 
retire when the great bulk of other plants begin to get interesting, 
only occupying space and attention when there is a paucity of 
flowers. In the borders the principal part bloom along with the 
crocuses and other early flowers, affording a pleasing diversity, 
and in autumn, the pretty C. europceum , and the varieties of 
Hederifoliwn , enliven the borders for a month or more. In either 
situation they require a light, yet moist, rich, but not tenacious, 
soil; a mixture of peat or leaf-mould, wfith nearly equal quantities 
of loam, old hotbed manure, and silver sand, appears to suit 
them exactly. Repotting of all the spring-flowering kinds should 
be done in autumn, as soon as they evince an inclination to grow, 
and it is of much benefit to do it annually; they make but 
comparatively few roots, and therefore never need large pots, 
such as are about half an inch, or rather more, above the diameter 
of the tuber I think the most suitable ; plenty of drainage, in the 
shape of crocks and pieces of peat, must not be forgotten, and if 
the pots are lightly filled to the rim, the tuber, being pressed 
down firmly, will generally be left about the proper position, the 
upper surface being just level with the top of the pot. For a 
