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always be from a dozen to twenty blossoms in 

 each cluster at one time, and there will gen- 

 erally be several of these clusters from each 

 plant, so the effect is a showy one. The foliage 

 of the plant is produced in a thick mass, at the 

 surface of the soil, and the flowers are thrown 

 well above it on stalks six to eight inches long. 

 This plant, like the Heliotrope, has a great 

 mass of very fine roots, therefore it requires a 

 great deal more water than the ordinary plant. 

 A near relative of Primula obconica is Pri- 

 mula Forbesii, better known as the "Baby 

 Primrose," because of the dainty character of 

 its diminutive flowers. This is a most charm- 

 ing plant, a lovable plant, in fact, and those 

 who grow it one season will never willingly be 

 without it thereafter, I venture to prophesy. 

 It blooms all the time, it would bloom the 

 year round if we would let it, and there are so 

 many of its tiny flowers that we forget all 

 about size in the consideration of quantity. 

 Each plant is made up of several " crowns," or 

 divisions, and each division generally has one 

 or more flower-stalks in evidence. The flow- 

 ers are produced in successive whorls on these 

 slender stalks, and are of a rosy lilac color with 

 a greenish-yellow eye. Water well. 



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