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Ph a la ris Can ariensis. 

 Aira cristata. 

 Pilularia globulifera. 



M. KlRBY. 

 Friar Lane, Leicester, 

 June 9th, 1848. 



Note on Raising Cowslips (Primula verisj from Seed. 

 By William Godley, Esq. 



Having raised some of the common cowslip from seed, I read Mr. 

 Watson's report of experiments (Phytol. iii. 146) with a good deal of 

 interest. The following is a report of my own experiment. 



In the summer of 1846 I collected some seed of the common cow- 

 slip in a pasture near this town, and so situated that I considered the 

 probability of hybridization (if such does really affect the seed) to be 

 exceedingly small. In the spring of 1847 the seed was sown, and 

 thirty-six seedlings were produced, which were planted out in a border 

 having an east aspect. This year (1848) thirty-five of the seedlings 

 have flowered, and I am unable to discover in the leaves, calyx, or 

 corolla, any the least departure from the ordinary form of Primula veris. 



William Godley. 



Wallingford, June 8, 1848. 



Note on Raising Jacquhi's Primula (Primula Jacquiirii), commonly 

 called the Bardfeld OxUp, from Seed. By Edward Newman. 



Having been favoured by Mr. Doubleday with specimens of this 

 interesting plant, I planted them without any unusual precaution in a 

 border with roots of the common primrose, cowslip, double pink prim- 

 rose, and polyanthus. The Bardfield plant flowered and seeded freely, 

 and numerous seedlings were produced. This spring eight of the 

 seedlings have flowered, and to use the words of Mr. Godley, " I am 

 unable to discover in the leaves, calyx, or corolla, the least departure 

 from the ordinary form of" Primula Jacquinii. 



In this instance it will be observed there was a great facility offered 

 for hybridization by insects, &c, owing to the propinquity of other 

 species or varieties simultaneously blooming in the immediate vicinity : 

 so little care was exercised that had the result been remarkable for 



