PRIMULA. 



bells after the style of P. Oiraldlana, gathered in a dense and sessile 

 head on a stem from 4 to 6 inches high. 



P. x Berninae, which also appears in lists as P. Salisii, is the natural 

 hybrid between P. hirsuta and P. viscosa. It is fertile and produces 

 secondary forms. In appearance it is midway between the parents, 

 having the smaller stature of P. hirsuta, and the wider, larger flowers ; 

 together with the added height of P. viscosa, viscosa' s one-sided umbel, 

 violaceous colouring and odorous glands. At best it is a beautiful 

 production, gathering the virtues and not the faults of either species ; 

 it may be found, but not commonly, growing among them, in the 

 ranges where they overlap, throughout the Rhaetian Alps, from the 

 Engadine, as far south as the Val Seriana hi the Bergamask range. 

 Like many hybrids, it seems to occur often on high necks and passes, 

 as at the end of the Heu-thal above the Bernina. In cultivation it is 

 as easy as its parents, in similar conditions. 



P. x Bilekii. See under P. x Sleinii. 



P. Biondiana is so far a doubtful and obscure Chinese species of 

 the Auriculata section, standing suspiciously near P. stenccalyx. 



P. blattariformis is probably useless for the garden, a plant of the 

 Yunnanese limestones, forming a close rosette of foliage from which 

 rise spikes of lilac flowers, giving the appearance of a little Verbascum 

 in their close arrangement on the scape. 



P. Bonatii. See under P. bella. [The name Bonatiana covers a 

 form of P. obconica, the largest and handsomest in that group ; and 

 P. x Bonatii is a supposed hybrid of P.farinosa with P. marg'mM (!)] 



P. borealis is a minute powdery microform of P. farinosa, from 

 the extreme North-western corner of Asia. It is said by Pax to be 

 nearer to P. sibirica than to P. farinosa, although so different in 

 appearance. See also Appendix. 



P. Bornmuelleri is a form of P. auriculata and a particularly fine 

 one. 



P. Boveana is the commonest form in cool-house cultivation of 

 the yellow-flowered group aggregated under P. verticillata. 



P. bracteata is a yellow-flowered Primula in the group of P. Forrestii, 

 from damp and shady rocks in the mountains of Yunnan. 



P.xbrennia, a false catalogue name for the splendid hirsuta x 

 minima hybrid, whose primary title is P. Steinii, q.v. 



P. brevifolia is a beautiful Chinese cous.n of P. amethystina, and 

 not yet in general cultivation. 



P. breviscapa belongs to the Da vidian section, which contains some 

 of the loveliest of the Chinese species. They have large flowers of 

 rich blue-purple, on a short well-proportioned scape, rising from a 



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