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purple Caucasian Primrose is, however, totally distinct from I Primnla amcona was introduced from the Cancaaus more 

 that plant, and if not less beautiful is much less common than half a century ago. It is quits hardy, grows freely, and 

 than it is. | flowers early, indeed earlier than most other species. Bat 



Fig. 42.— PBIMrLA AMCENA, 



although it is hardy and will thrive well in sheltered nooka in 

 chalky districts and on rookeries, it is seen to much better 

 advantage when cultivated in pots and is accorded the treat- j 

 ment usually given to P. cortueoides amix-ns, P. denticulata, 

 and a few others. The shelf of a light greenhouse or the pro- 

 tection of a cold frame answers admirably for this class of | 



plants. The leaves of F. amccna are very like those of the 

 common Primrose, and the habit of the plant when flowering 

 is not unlike P, denticulata, while its flowers are much larger 

 than those of that species, and they are also richer in colour. 

 The plant was discovered by Bieberstein in the Caucasian 

 Alpp, and is one of the most beautiful of the genus to which 



