HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



PEIMULA NIVALIS, Pall, var. FAKINOSA, Schrenck. 

 Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxvii. p. 332 (Report of R.H.S. Floral Committee). 

 A form of the type differing in having the stems and the under surfaces 

 of the leaves mealy, and flowers of a beautiful blue colour, dotted with 

 white farina on the limb. A native of Western China, discovered and 

 introduced through Wilson, the flowers first opening at Coombe Wood in 

 May 1905. 



PEIMULA OVALIFOLIA, Franch. 



Jour. R.H.S. 1903, vol. xxviii. pt. i. p. 64; Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxviii. p. 62, 



suppl. illus. 



A beautiful species, native of the mountainous regions of Central and 

 Western China, introduced through Wilson. 



Seed, sent in quantity, failed to germinate, but plants brought home in 

 1901 flowered in March 1905. 



In a wild state in masses in moist, shady woods, carpeting the ground 

 with flower as soon as the snow melts, as does the common Primrose 

 in England. 



The species remarkable for the deep violet-purple flowers, approaching 

 blue, is a very fine introduction. 



PEIMULA PULVEEULENTA, Duthie. 



Syns. P. japonica, A. Gray, var. pulverulenta, Duthie. 

 Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxvii. p. 301 (Report of R.H.S. Floral Committee). 



A very magnificent Primula with flower stems 2 to 3 ft. high, occupying 

 a high place in the ranks of plants of recent introduction. The scape, 

 pedicels, and calyx thickly coated with white farina, greatly enhance 

 the appearance of the rich rose-purple flower. 



From the mountainous regions of Western China on the borders of 

 Tibet, flowered for the first time at Coombe Wood in May 1905. 



PEIMULA PYCNOLOBA, Bur. & Franch. 



This remarkable Primrose found by Prince Henri d'Orleans at Tatien-lu, 

 in the extreme west of China, on the frontier of Tibet, was later introduced 

 to cultivation from the same locality. 



Of botanical rather than of horticultural interest, the flowers small, are 

 almost entirely hidden by the large leafy green calyx. These were 

 produced for the first time in this country at Coombe Wood in the spring 

 of 1905. 



PEIMQLA TANGUTICA, Duthie. 



Gard. Chron. 1905, vol. xxxvii. p. 301 (Report of R.H.S. Floral Committee); id. 

 vol. xxxviii. p. 42, fig. 17 ; Bot. Mag. t. 8043. 



A remarkable Primrose introduced to cultivation from the same district 

 and first flowered at Coombe Wood in May 1905. 



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