however, is conspicuous in the specimen here figured, which 
‘was kindly sent to the Royal Gardens by Mr. Hyde in 
December, 1896, and is hence a plant of five years’ growth. 
The most remarkable feature of both figures is the startling 
change from the miserable starved condition of the wild 
state, as shown by Mr. Henry’s specimens, to the great 
size and robust habit of the “firstborn offspring ; that is 
supposing that the plants raised at Lady Hutt’s were from 
the seeds of such dwarfs, for it must not be forgotten 
that Mr. Walters describes the wild Chinese Primrose as 
he found it to be growing in shade, and hence probably 
differing much in size from Mr. Henry’s, which grew on 
sun-scorched rocks. 
Comparing the figures in the Gardener’s Chronicle and 
that given here with any of the numerous ones of Primula 
sinensis that have appeared since 1822, the difference 
between them is very manifest, in robustness of habit of 
the former, compactness of inflorescence, and other 
characters difficult of putting into words, but all suggestive 
of a feral form. 
For information upon the garden varieties of this plant, 
their cultivation and propagation, together with other in- 
teresting matter, I must refer to Mr. Sutton’s valuable 
paper in the journal of the Horticultural Society cited 
above.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Calyx; 2, bisected corolla-tube laid open, with stamens and ovary ; 
3, stamen :— All enlarged, 
