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86 In March, remove them to a cold pit and keep them rather dry, but not dust dry, and take care that the pots stand on a moist surface, as absolute dryness of the roots is death to the cyclamen. When the seed is ripe gather and sow, and then repot the old corms, taking care to shake off the exhausted soil without in any way injuring the roots. None but experts should ever dream of using liquid manure in the culture of the cyclamen.

.—The pretty Chinese fumitory, Dielytra spectabilis, with lyre-shaped flowers of the most delicate pink colour, and the white variety called alba, are two valuable plants for early



flowering, to keep company with hyacinths, tulips, and cyclamens in the dressing of the conservatory in early spring. The best way to manage the dielytra is to have two sets of plants and pot them alternately in September, and plant them out