. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 238 THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. size, loo, hence there are such names as the Giant Cyclamens, distinguishing titles which are necessary, as the varieties differ conspicuously from each other. The Cyclamen is as useful as any flower of the greenhouse, and how different are the present-day kinds to those one knew not many years ago, when the plants were straggling, the flower stems weakly, and the petals them- selves not of that robust, waxy character seen at present. The flowers are very useful to
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 238 THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. size, loo, hence there are such names as the Giant Cyclamens, distinguishing titles which are necessary, as the varieties differ conspicuously from each other. The Cyclamen is as useful as any flower of the greenhouse, and how different are the present-day kinds to those one knew not many years ago, when the plants were straggling, the flower stems weakly, and the petals them- selves not of that robust, waxy character seen at present. The flowers are very useful to cut for indoor decorations, and last many days as fresh as w hen upon the plant. ne may select from whites as pure as snow, deep rose, purple, white with crimson base, and intense crimson. A fault, however, of the dull crimson and purple shades is that the colour dies away to an objectionable magenta tone, but when fresh their intense hues are very effective. The Papilio strain will probably become popular ; there is a certain fascination in their fringed petals, a character quite permanent, as far as one has seen. The seed may be sown at various limes of the yearâin October or early November for a spring display, and in [uly or August for a winter bloom. The seed should be sown very thinly in a compost of loam one half, ] eat and leal mould one eighlh each, and one fourth ol 1 horoughly decayed cow manure, with a little coarse sand. 1 'a~.s this through a sieve \\ ith a quarter- i n c h mesh; cover the seed to a depth of one-fourth of an inch; keep moist and dark in a greenhouse temperature il sow n in spring, and in a shaded pit or frame il sown during July or August. Do not be hasty in dis- carding a pan 11I seed alter a few seedlings ha v e bee n taken from il, as some of the seeds take from two Id three months or more to germinate. As soon as the seedlings have formed a tiny bulb, lift them upon the point ol a label, being careful to remove roots and bulb intact. Unless
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