. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. st covered over. By thatway it was ensured that each little plant had itsfair share of elbow-room tiU strong enough tolift and shift singly into small pots, keepingthem near the glass, and shifting into 48sbefore finally planting-out. A. D. CYCLAMEN COUM. The round-leaved Cyclamen is one of our mostvaluable of early spring (one might almosteay of winter) flowers, for, together with othermembers of the genus, such as C. Atkinsii and itshybrids, they may often be seen in flower or inbud in winter, I am
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. st covered over. By thatway it was ensured that each little plant had itsfair share of elbow-room tiU strong enough tolift and shift singly into small pots, keepingthem near the glass, and shifting into 48sbefore finally planting-out. A. D. CYCLAMEN COUM. The round-leaved Cyclamen is one of our mostvaluable of early spring (one might almosteay of winter) flowers, for, together with othermembers of the genus, such as C. Atkinsii and itshybrids, they may often be seen in flower or inbud in winter, I am led to remark on the beautyand the general value of these plants by reasonof a greatly admired exhibit of them at a meetingof the Royal Horticultural Society on Feb. displayed in the boxes in which they wereexhibited, the plants gave an excellent idea ofwhat may be accomplished by a free use of themin the garden. One of the best purposes for whichto use them is as a groundwork to such plants asAndromeda floribunda, Ealmia, Ledum, DaphneCneonun, and similar subjects. The soil usually. Fig. 55.—cyclamen coum var. employed for such shrubs is very suita^jle forthese hardy Cyclamens, which appear to possessa liking for the shelter and the shade thusafforded. At the same time the plants grow wellin sandy loam in which old mortar has beenmingled. At Painswick, where the late Atkins grew these plants so well, the soilis of a heavy loamy character, and probably tofacilitate the dramage more than for any otherreason, small limestone chippings of the districtwere freely incorporated with the soil, and inthese the plants thrived with great success. As plants for the cold-house in winter. Cycla-men Coum and C. ibericum are very latter species varies considerably, whichvariation is seen in the flowers and also in themore or less marbled leaves. C. Coum is a small-leaved plant, the leaves being not more than1-J- inch across, of a dark-green colour with reddishun
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