Inventory 73, Seeds and Plants Imported 



Plate I 



^ Handsome Chinese Primrose 'Primula sinopurpurea Bale, f.; S. P. I. 



No. 55899) 



Because of its vigor and free-flowering habit in the high mountains of western ("hiiia, where 

 it is native, this primrose seems hkely to be more satisfactory in cultivation than other mem- 

 bers of the "nivalis" section of the genus, to which this species belongs. ^ It was found by 

 J. F. Rock in boggy meadows on the Likiang Snow Range in northern Yunnan at an alti- 

 tude of 12,000 feet. The plant grows to a height of about 3 feet, and the flower stalks and 

 lower surfaces of the thick dark-green leaves are covered with golden meal. In May the 

 rich rosy purple, fragrant flowers, each about an inch in diameter, are produced in clusters 

 of 6 to 12 or more. (Photographed by J. F. Rock, Yunnan, China, May, 1922; P30216FS) 



