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Cyclamen Coum - Round-leav'd
Cyclamen
Cyclamen Coum. Round-leav'd Cyclamen.
Class and Order
Pentandria Monogynia
Generic Character
Corolla rotata, reflexa, tubo brevissimo fauce prominente. Bacca
tecta capsula
Specific Character and Synonyms
CYCLAMEN Coum foliis orbiculatis planis, pediculis
brevibus, floribus minoribus. Miller's Dict.
CYCLAMEN hyemale orbiculatis foliis inferius rubentibus
purpurascente flore; Coum Herbariorum. Hort. reg. Paris. Herm. Cat.
CYCLAMEN orbiculato folio inferne purpurascente. Bauh. Pin. p. 307.
The common round-leav'd Sowebread. Park. Parad. p. 198.
Grows wild in many parts of Italy and Germany, and is sometimes
found with white flowers; if the season be mild, or the plants
sheltered from the inclemency of the weather, this species will
flower as early as February, or much earlier by artificial heat.
As it grows naturally in woods and shady places, it will thrive best
in a mixture of bog-earth and loam placed in a north border; if
planted in the open border, it will require to be covered with a
hand-glass during winter, and in the spring, when in bloom; the more
usual method with gardeners is to preserve them in pots in a common
hot-bed frame, the advantage of this method is that they may, at any
time, be removed to decorate the parlor or the study.
The plants of this genus admit of but little increase by their
roots; the best method of propagating them is by seed, which should
be sown soon after they are ripe in boxes or pots, and covered about
half an inch deep, placing them where they may have only the
morning-sun, till the beginning of September, when they may be
removed to a warmer exposure.
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