. Few plants are more showy than the Cyclamen; . blooming in the Winter and early Spring months in the greenhouse, the flowers being singular in shape, of various colors, with beautiful foliage. The soil should be very light and rich, containing a good part of peat and sand, with well-rotted cow manure. Persicum (Aleppicum), white, with crimson ring $3 per doz. $ Persicum Album (Aleppicum), pure white 50 " Roseum " rosy red 50 " Rubrum, crimson 5fl Coum, flowers brilliant red 60 European Album, pure white 30 " Roseum, rose colored 30 Heder^efolium Rubrum, large, rosy pu
. Few plants are more showy than the Cyclamen; . blooming in the Winter and early Spring months in the greenhouse, the flowers being singular in shape, of various colors, with beautiful foliage. The soil should be very light and rich, containing a good part of peat and sand, with well-rotted cow manure. Persicum (Aleppicum), white, with crimson ring $3 per doz. $ Persicum Album (Aleppicum), pure white 50 " Roseum " rosy red 50 " Rubrum, crimson 5fl Coum, flowers brilliant red 60 European Album, pure white 30 " Roseum, rose colored 30 Heder^efolium Rubrum, large, rosy 80 Pyrenaicum Odoratum (Neapolitanum), red, fragrant 30 c^Mcsuwr. This class of beautiful variegated foliage plants, margined and delicately traced with various rich colors, and elegantly spotted and mottled, give them a rare beauty. When alone or inter- mingled with other plants, they are valuable for summer decoration of the conservatory or greenhouse, and require a moist, warm atmosphere. The tubers require to be kept in a warm, dry place during the winter, and must be started in the spring in a warm house or hot-bed, with bottom heat—some of the hardier varieties can be planted in a shady situation out of doors. 50 cents to $ each. Assortments from $ to $ per dozen. 1X1/1 The best season for planting these beautiful flower-bulbs is during the autumn months; being small, they are most effective when planted in stores of three, four, or six, in each pot, of four or six inches in diameter. Named varieties. EACH. .. 10 DOZ. $ ka<-h. noz. Mixed 8 $ These are profuse bloomers, and very attractive in the greenhouse during the winter. Plant three or four bulbs in a pot; the pots should be kept near the glass to prevent the foliage from growing too long. each. doz. i Named varieties 10 $ Mixed. each. doz. .: 8 $ Named varieties. Sf/WXIS, Their treatment is similar to the Ixia. each. doz. I 15 $1-60 I Mixed EACH. DOZ- ,. 10 $1-00
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