PRIM'ULA FARINO'SA. 



BIRD'S-EYE PRIMROSE. 

 Class. Order. 



PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Natural Order. 



PRIMULACEJE. 



No. 96. 



The derivation of Primula, from primus, first, has 

 been noticed under No. 1 and 60. Farinosa, from 

 the Latin farina, flour ; a beautifully white powder- 

 ing of which this primula bears on the scape or 

 flower stalk, and on the young leaves, unless it be 

 exposed to rains, and thereby deprived of this now 

 unfashionable appendage. 



It is one amongst that beautiful tribe of alpine 

 plants with which every one is pleased, and which 

 every one may possess. It is found in the north of 

 England, in various other parts of Europe, and even 

 in Siberia. In autumn its leaves fade and the plant 

 is comprised in what may be termed a radical bud, 

 on the surface of the soil. Thus, inhabiting its win- 

 ter quarters, it remains in security, till the genial 

 warmth of spring expands its mealy foliage, and in 

 due time presents us with a lively specimen of beauty 

 in miniature. 



The Primula farinosa we find succeed very well, 

 when planted in a small pot of light loam and peat. 

 Severe frosts do it no injury, but it should have a 

 temporary shelter against excessive moisture during 



the winter. 



Hort. Kew. 2, Y. 1, 308. 



