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The numerous flowers, three-fourths of an inch to 1} iiiclips wide, are 

 usually solitary at the ends of short twigs. (Adapttnl from Uardonerg' 

 Chronicle, Sd ser., vol. 50, p. 102.) 



48344. PoTENTiLLA sp. Kosaceffi. 

 "A 798." 



48345. PoTENTiLLA sp. Rosaceffi. 

 "A 799." 



48346. POTENTILLA sp. Rosaccffi. 

 "A 800." 



48347. POTENTILLA sp. Rosaccffi. 

 "A 801." 



48348. POTENTILLA sp. Rosacese. 

 "A 802." 



48349. POTENTILLA sp. RosacesB. 



"A 836. Forrest No. 15205. A form rehiti-d to /'. fniiicosa, with dcpp- 

 orange flowers." 



48350. Primula bathangensis Petitm. Primuhicere. Primrose. 

 "A 781. Forrest No. 14247." 



A Chinese primula from western Szechwan, China, where it was oripi- 

 nally found growing near hot springs. The numerous du.stors of yellow 

 flowers are borne on v\'cak scapes and the hcart-.shapt'd leaves are in- 

 tensely green. (Adapted from Bulletin Herbarium Boissiere, vol. 8, 

 p. 36o.) 

 48351 and 48352. Primula beesiana Forrest. Primulacea?. Primrose. 



A remarkable Chinese primula, found growing close to the snow line in 

 tlie mountainous parts of Yunnan. Under favorable circumstances the 

 scape rises to a height of more than 3 feet, and produces Its whorls of 

 showy flowers in the early summer. The flowers are a glowing velvety 

 purple with conspicuous yellow eyes. The plant is verj- free flowering and 

 quite hardy. (Adapted from Bees, Guaranteed Hardy Plants, lUlS-l.',, 



p. 11-) 



48351. "A 789. Forrest No. 15359." 



48352. "A 762." 



48353. Primula bella Franch. Primulacese. Primrose. 



"A 771. P'rom Tali Range." 



In damp, sandy, mountain pasture land on the Mekong-Sal win Divide. 

 western Yunnan, China, tl^is attractive primula was originally collected. 

 It is little more than 2 inches in height, but bears beautiful pale-rose or 

 deep bluish rose flowers with greenish white eyes, faintly fragrant. 

 (Adapted from Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, h'dinhiinjh, vol. 

 4, p. 225.) 

 48354. Primula bulleyana Forrest. Primulacete. Primrose. 



"A 747. Lichiang Range." 



This beautiful Chinese primula comes from the Lichiang Mountains in 

 Yunnan, where it grows nearly to the snow line. It forms a stout plant, 

 covered, at the end of May and the beginning of June, with splendid 

 orange-scarlet flowers; the stems of these flowers reacli a length of 20 

 inches, making them excellent for cut flowers. This plant prefers a semi- 



