. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. (â¢Indamcn jJcrsicum. XATrn.\i. Ohpkh: Primuiac. "'ERSIA ga\t' birth to this variety ot the Cyclamen, which, |. hke the others of" the same genus, is a bulbous (or, as some Wj botanists call it, tuberous) plant, because the root or bulb is solid, like a turnip, while the true bulb is composed of layers, gj __- hke the onion, or scales, like most lilies. In cultivation they ^-^[|^ should not be too much watered: and when not in bloom, * should ha\e less. There are but tew varieties, and it is difficult to make choi
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. (â¢Indamcn jJcrsicum. XATrn.\i. Ohpkh: Primuiac. "'ERSIA ga\t' birth to this variety ot the Cyclamen, which, |. hke the others of" the same genus, is a bulbous (or, as some Wj botanists call it, tuberous) plant, because the root or bulb is solid, like a turnip, while the true bulb is composed of layers, gj __- hke the onion, or scales, like most lilies. In cultivation they ^-^[|^ should not be too much watered: and when not in bloom, * should ha\e less. There are but tew varieties, and it is difficult to make choice ot" one possessing advantages above another, except in time ot floweiing â a tew blooming in winter, others in summer. The foliage of some is rich and ^â aried: others send up their flowers from the baic bulb before the leaves appear. The Cyclamen Persicum blooms f"rom January to April, the C. hederctt'olium f'rom September .^â ^to December, and the C. Neapolitanum f"rom Juh- to September: so with one of each, one could have blossoms almost the whole year. The word Cyclamen comes from the Greek word kiikhs, a circle, because af"ter the flower has withered and the seed pods appear, the stalk or stem begins to curl like the tendril of a \-ine, until the seed vessel is- drawn down to and under the ground wht ripens. JjifFth^nt^. OTILL from the '^ Blushed out bv â pUT D Whose pale-^ I choose to give. â hite blossoms at tht (.Ml else as drive n snow) are pink, And mind me of her perfect lips; Still, tin this f^o^^ er is kept and old, Its worth to love is vet untold. veet contusion some new grace tealtli and languished in her face. â tips IV ,1 y comes .it last, ^^ Timid and stepping fast, And hastening hither. With modest eyes downcast She comes! she's here! she's past! May heaven go with her! . - WilUnm .l/n/v/rar,- Tliath-i T y XTO Ihe ground she cast her modest eye. .\nd. ever and anon, with rosy red. The bashful blush her sno
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