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that will freely admit air. From seed sown in Feb- 
ruary or March they should be ready to bloom by 
the following Christmas. It does not pay to keep 
the plants over for a second season. 
There are numerous varieties. One very small 
sort, P. Forbesi— sometimes caled Baby Primrose 
— is exceedingly floriferous. Several plants of this 
sort put together in a large pan make a most beauti- 
ful sight, and will do well as a decoration for a cen- 
ter table. 
Until recently P. obconica was inferior in size 
of flower to the Chinese primrose, but the newer 
strains, under the name P. grandiflora fimbriata, or 
Giant Fringed, are quite wonderful. Some of the 
individual flowers are over an inch and a quarter 
across, and range from pure white to deep rose. 
If you cannot obtain other plants of this type from 
your florist they will well repay the trouble of start- 
ing from seed. 
Snapdragon 
I feel somewhat doubtful about giving 
this comparatively little known flower a place 
among the especially recommended plants. Not on 
the basis of my own experience with it, but because 
in the several books in my possession which deal 
with house plants, I do not find it mentioned. 
There certainly can be no question that the long 
spikes of flowers in pure white, light and dark reds, 
