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Primuta Acautis Fri. PLENo CARNEO, — 
DousLe LiLtac PRIMROSE. 
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Clafs and Order. 
PenTANDRIA Monocynia, 
; Generic Charaéter. - : 
Involucr. umbellule. Corolle tubus cylindricus ore patulo. 
Specific Charader and Synonyms. 
PRIMULA acaulis foliis rugofis, dentatis, fubtus hirfutis; 
‘ {capis unifloris. Jacq. Mifc. Aufir. p. 158. 
Curt. Flor. Lond. Fa/fc. 6. e 
The Primrofe in its wild fingle ftate is frequently introduced _ 
into fhrubberies and plantations, for the purpofe of enlivening _ 
them in the fpring months; in its double ftate it has been — 
deemed peculiarly worthy of cultivation by the curious in — 
flowers. Of the double yellow Primrofe, which feems to have - 
been the firft known, we meet with a figure in the Hort, Eyf. — 
and in the Parad. Terrefir. of Parxinson, fince. thofe publi- | 
cations many new and perfeétly double varieties have been in- — 
troduced, as ns a 
The double white, rarely met with. | 
The double deep red or velvet, the bloffoms of this will fome- ~ 
_ times come fingle. ce. 
The double pink or lilac, here figured, a plant much admired. — 
The double crimfon, a new variety, which, in brilliancy of | 
colour, far furpaffes all the others, = o. 
The ved, commonly called the Scotch Primrofe, \efs orna- — 
mental than any of the preceding: befides thefe, we have ob- © 
ferved a variety with bloffoms of a dingy yellow inclining to — 
red, not worth cultivating. . = 
Thefe feveral varieties of Primrofe are admirably adapted 
_ to the decoration of the fhrubbery, plantations, or even the | 
north fide of rock-work ; they delight to grow in a ftiff loam, — 
a moift and fomewhat fhady fituation, fo planted they thrive 4 
admirably, the double fucceeding almoft as well as the fingles 
every fecond or third year their roots fhould be divided, which — 
may be done either in {pring or autumn, they may be cultivated © 
alfo in pots for the convenience of removing them when im 
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