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ARTICLE IV.— ON THE CULTURE OF THE CHINESE PRIMROSE. 

 (PRIMULUS SINENSIS.)— By Akdisia. 



In a former Number I perceive a query upon the Chinese Primrose, 

 and having myself been a very successful grower, I now send my me- 

 thod for the perusal of your correspondent. 



I raise my plants every season from seed, as I find them bloom 

 much finer the first year than afterwards. The seed is sown early 

 in Spring, and when the plants appear above ground, I transplant 

 them out singly into small pots. The soil best adapted, is, I find, 

 rich sandy loam. Early in May I pot them into larger pots, about 

 eight inches in diameter, and ten deep, and again place them in the 

 greenhouse, where I allow them a full current of air. 



With this simple treatment I have a profusion of strong and mag- 

 nificent trusses of bloom. 



ARTICLE V.— ON THE CULTURE OF THE CAMELLIA. 



BY A LONDON PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



This very popular family, has always the best effect when cultivated 

 in a house by themselves ; and as there are certain seasons in which 

 this genus requires a treatment almost peculiar to itself, their sepa- 

 rate culture is, therefore, the more necessary. The splendour and pro- 

 fusion of the blossoms of this genus do not only attract our notice, 

 considered merely as an oraamental plant, but has a considerable 

 claim on our more intimate regard, when we consider it as supplying 

 us with one of the necessaries of life, and probably one of the most 

 exhilarating and useful medicines of which our Pharmacopeias can 

 boast. From the species Camellia bohea, viridis, and sasanqua, 

 are obtained the well-known tea of commerce, which is imported by 

 us from China, where these three species, together with C. Japo- 

 nica, grow in abundance, and in that country attain the character of 

 evergreen shrubs or low trees. From these species have been origi- 

 nated, by cultivation, the many varieties now cultivated. The most 

 successful and generally adopted method of propagating this family, 

 is by inarching or grafting ; by either of th«se means each variety is 

 perpetuated, but new varieties are only to be obtained from seeds ; 

 as these seldom ripen, at least in any quantity, in this country, 

 and few are imported in a fit state to vegetate, the propagation of new 

 varieties is consequently a matter of some importance. As, in most 

 other cases, it is from single flowering plants that seed are to be ex- 

 pected, although sometimes the semi-double flowers also produce 

 them, and of these, the common single red is the most prolific in 



