

THE PKIMKOSE. 



Primula vulgaris. Nat. Ord., Primulacecc. 



EW, if any, of our wild plants 

 are more generally known, or 

 more widely appreciated, than 

 the beautiful flower figured on 

 the present plate. The grnceful 

 form of the widely - expanded 

 blossoms, the delicacy of their 

 colour and fragrance, their pro- 

 fusion, and the time of the year 

 at which they are found, are all 

 features that tend to endear them 

 to all lovers of plants. The colour 

 is a very unusual one; the only 

 blossom that we can call to re- 

 membrance as we write that at 

 all closely resembles it is one of 

 the beautiful plants of the rivers 

 of tropical America, thfe Lymno- 

 charis Humloldtii, which, though 



very different in form, has the same delicate sulphur tint 

 over the greater part of each petal, and the same rich spot of 

 deep, clear yellow at its base, that we see and admire in the 

 primrose. The L. Hamboldtii appears to be a by no means 

 troublesome plant to cultivate, and our readers will find no 



