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is a greenhouse climber, which requires a light rich soil, 
and is propagated by cuttings, which require an average 
temperature of not less than 75° to root freely. It is 
sometimes grown in greenhouses, in a warm situation, 
exposed to the sun. It makes an excellent plant fora 
warm sitting-room, as it grows freely without direct 
light. It stands the Winters in the Gulf States, where it 
is very popular. 
PRIMULA. 
A Primrose by the river’s brim, 
A yellow Primrose was to him, 
And it was nothing more. 
= LL this genus of plants are most interesting and pop- 
== ular with everybody. It is so much associated with 
the literature of the present day that it can never be for- 
gotten. There are three distinct ctasses, namely, the 
Auricula, the Polyanthus, and the Primrose. Neither of 
the first two species are much known in the South, hence 
our remarks will be confined to the variety Primula 
Sinensis, though the original variety has pretty much 
been lost sight of, and only the superior varieties, which 
have been obtained by careful selection from the species 
Sinensis, are much grown in American gardens to-day. 
They are now the most popular Winter and Spring 
flowering plants for greenhouse or room decoration. In 
fact we know of no plant that does better in an ordinary 
parlor or living room than the Chinese Primrose, which 
well merits the title it has obtained of ‘ Everybody’s 
Flower,’’ and is so well known that a description of the 
plant is almost unnecessary. The leaves are fleshy, with 
sinuated edges and hairy surface; in the original plant, 
introduced now many years since, the flowers were small, 
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