This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V29", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
Mr. Herbert Harris, Halifax, Nova Scotia, writes: "I post to you a few flowers of a very fragrant 'Cyclamen Persicum.' I know of Cyclamens (some) being sweet scented, but never saw so fine a variety so highly scented. The plant has had nearly one hundred blooms on it. Hope the specimens will come to you in good order".
[These were found charmingly fragrant. We have noted recently that there is a vast difference between plants as regards the fragrance of their flowers. Would it not be as well to try to get out a specially fragrant race? - Ed. G. M].
 
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