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never had any experience with rough plate-glass in forcing-houses, but should be 
inclined to back Mr. Temple’s opinion (see p. 149), that it would be very useful 
in late vineries, especially where many plants of Lady Downe’s Seedling are grown, 
for we know that that variety often gets scorched at the colouring-time unless 
shaded. For keeping late grapes in bottles of water in a vinery thus glazed 
no shading would be required in April and May, as it would be with ordinary 
glazing, for then the fruit shrivels if exposed to the full sun. 
In very early forcing-houses glazed with rough plate-glass, I should fear that 
there would not be light enough in the dull winter months for the fruit to 
prosper well, although there would be less danger from scorching, and from 
hail-showers cracking the glass.— ^William Tillery, Welhech. 
NEW VAEIETIES OF PERSIAN CYCLAMEN, 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
)ROBABLY no flower has advanced towards perfection, both as respects form 
and colour, and also in regard to cultivation, more rapidly than the Persian 
Cyclamen, of which we now figure three of the most advanced varieties, 
from the superb collection of Henry Little, Esq., of Twickenham. Mr. 
Little has made a specialty of the Cyclamen, and cultivates it in very large 
numbers, and in a style which, we believe, has always ensured him the first prize 
wherever he has entered into competition. From early autumn, through the 
winter, and well on into spring, the earlier months of the year being the height 
of the blooming-season, Mr. Little’s Cyclamen-houses are brilliant with flowers, 
and possibly there is no other subject which would yield so abundant and so 
choice a return for the very moderate amount of cultural attention required. 
There are, of course, some points in their treatment which it is important to 
observe, and perhaps Mr. Little will be good enough, at his leisure, to indicate 
what these are. One, we believe, of very great importance is to prevent injury 
to the leaves from aphides, which are very prone to prey upon them, especially 
^vhile young, to the great injury of both the flowers and the plant itself. 
The origin of Mr. Little’s fine strain of high-coloured varieties has been 
already referred to at p. 90. The varieties we now figure are :— Royal Purple 
(fig. 1), a remarkably rich deep violet-purple, with a blood-purple base, the form 
all that can be desired, and the colour many shades deeper, denser, and richer 
than anything which has hitherto been seen ; Rose Queen (fig. 2), a carmine- 
crimson, with the base of the richest blood-crimson, large and fine, but not quite 
so perfect in shape as the former; and White Perfection (fig. 3), pure white, of 
the most exquisite shape, and of large size. The two high-coloured varieties are 
exceedingly difficult to reproduce by art, but making due allowance for this, our 
figures give a correct idea of their general character, there being no exaggeration 
in either size or colouring, as in some figures of these flowers which have appeared 
—indeed, as far as regards richness of hue, the picture falls far short of the 
reality, as the colouring, especially of the crimson variety and its fellow-seedlings, 
