January  16,  1902. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
65 
Cyclamens.  ,  ■  i 
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These  are  yery  useful  plants,  and  of  all  plants  grown  none, 
more  fully  repays  for  time  and  trouble  than  a  good  batch  of 
Cyclameois.  They  are  yOry  useful,  either  for  plants  in  a  house 
or  oonseryatory  or  for  supplying  cut  bloom  for  table  decoration. 
When  used  in  yases  of  water  it  will  be  found  adyisable  to  slit 
the  stems  about  liji,  then  the  blooms  will  keep  fresh  for  much 
longer  period.  Propagation  is  practised  by  sowing  the  seed  at 
the  end  of  August  or  the  first  week  in  September.  A  mixture 
of  equal  parts  loam  and  leaf  mould  and  a  good  sprinkling  of 
silyer  sand  is  a  suitable  compoi^t.  Having  made  it  firm  and 
level,  place  the  seeds  liri  apart,  then  cover  not  more  than  a. 
iin  deep,  affording  sufl&cient  water  to  thoroughly  moisten  all 
the  soil,  place  them  bn  a  shelf  near  the  glass  in  a  house  having 
afterwards  is  to  keep  the  plants  in  a  light  airy  pit,  avoiding  cold' 
draughts  at  all  facing  north,  shading  them  from  bright  sunshine. 
Cyclamens  delighting  in  dewy  nights,  it  would  be  found  an 
advantage  to  the  plants  to  remove  the  lights  off  on  fine  nights. 
Spray  the  plants  two  or  three  times  daily.  The  plant  should  be 
housed  towards  the  end  of  September ;  manure  water  should  bo 
afforded  three  or  four  times  weekly  and  soot  water  occasionally. 
Spray  between  the  pots  when  first  housed  and  slightly  gverhead 
once  or  twice  daily,  according  to  the  weather.  It  will  keep  the 
plants  healthy  and  clean.  The  plants  are  subject  to  green  fly 
and  other  insect  pests.  None  must  be  allowed  to  obtain  a  foot¬ 
ing  ;  if  so,  the  leaves  will  curl  and  disfigure  the  plants.  Fumigat¬ 
ing  will  destroy  the  fly.  If  red  spider  is  on  the  plants  sponging 
the  leaves  with  softsoap  water  is  a  good  remedy;  afterwafds 
isyringe  the  plants  well  with  cleah  water. — "W,  Jones,  Stoneleigh 
Abbey,  Kenilworth. 
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Kennedya  prostrata  (R.  Br.), 
KENNEDY  4  (MAERYATT^)  PROSTRATA,  E.  Br. 
A  SPEING-FLOWERING  AUSTRALIAN  WOODY  TWINER, 
SUITABLE  FOR  A  GREENHOL’SE.  ThE  GENERIC  NAME 
WAS  ADOPTED  IN  HONOUR  OF  KENNEDY,  OF  THE 
FIRM  OF  Messrs.  Kennedy  &  Lee,  important  at 
THE  end  of  the  18TH  CENTURY'. 
a  moist  atmosphere  and  a  temperature  of  about  60deg.  Shading 
will  be  found  necessary  until  the  seed  have  germinated.  By  the 
end  of  November  they  will  be  large  enough  to  pot  into  thumb- 
pots,  using  a  similar  mixture.  Great  care  should  be  taken  in 
potting  not  to  pot  them  too  deep,  or  the  corms  will  decay. 
Placing  them  in  the  same  temperature,  keeping  them  near  the 
roof-glass  to  prevent  them  becoming  drawn  until  they  are  estab¬ 
lished,  when  they  should  be  removed  into  a  house  hafing  a  tem¬ 
perature  of  about  50deg.  or  65deg.  The  next  shift  will  depend 
on  the  size  pot  in  which  they  are  to  flower :  in  a  fiO-size  pot  will 
be  found  to  answer  well  for  the  present  shift,  and  a  48  or  32 
for  the  final  potting,  which  should  take  place  in  June. 
At  this  shift  a  compost  consisting  of  loam  two-thirds,  leaf 
mould  one-third,  with  the  addition  of  a  little  silver  sand  and 
bonemeal,  the  potting  should  be  carried  out  with  moderate 
firmness  and  not  too  deep,  as  the  roots  proceed  from  bottom  of 
the  corm  and  good  drainage  must  be  insured.  The  chief  thing 
As  a  genus,  the  Kennedyas,  with  their  flowers  possessing  the 
characteristics  of  Legumiuosse,  are  the  exception  in  a  garden 
rather  than  the  rule.  K.  prostrata  (or  K.  Marryattse,  as  it  is 
known  under  in  gardens)  flowers  as  freely  as  any  of  the  other 
species.  It  is  admirably  suited  for  a  greenhouse,  and  can  be 
planted  either  in  a  border  or  in  a  pot.  The  border  treatment, 
according  to  our  expei'ience,  is  preferable  for  K.  prostrata. 
The  branches  should  be  trained  to  the  rafters  of  the  roof,  and 
when  the  bright  red  almost  scarlet  coloured  flowers  are  freely 
produced  it  has  a  very  pleasant  appearance.  Plants  of  the  above 
are  occasionally  to  be  seen  flowering  in  the  greenhouse  at  Kew. 
The  usual  season  for  blooming  is  in  April  and  May,  but  this 
varies,  and  March  sometimes  sees  the  plants  in  flower.  They 
last  a  long  while  in  a  fresh  state.  A  fibrous  loamy  compost, 
with  the  addition  of  good  peat  and  sand,  is  found  a  suitable 
rooting  medium. 
