300 POPULAR GARDEN FLOWERS 



Named Border Primroses. Several beautiful hardy 

 border Primroses are grown under distinctive names, 

 and included in the collections of amateurs who specialise 

 these charming spring flowers. The following are a few 

 of particular interest : Alba Plena, double white; Cloth 

 of Gold, double yellow ; Old Double Crimson ; Crimson 

 Velvet, double crimson ; Harbinger, large single white ; 

 Lilacina Plena, double lilac ; Miss Massey, crimson, 

 yellow eye, single ; Purpurea Plena, double purple ; and 

 Rosea Plena, double rose. Seed is not offered, and plants 

 have to be bought. 



Beautiful Species of Primula. The student of Prim- 

 roses finds that there are many beautiful exotic species 

 which are quite hardy, and are charming for rockeries 

 and borders. One of these is cortusoides, a Siberian plant 

 with rose flowers in summer ; seeds are procurable. 

 Denticulata, with lilac flowers in spring, comes from the 

 Himalayas ; it grows about nine inches high, and bears 

 its flowers on a rounded head, as the illustration in the 

 Botanical Magazine, /. 3959, shows ; it has several varieties, 

 including alba, white ; cashmeriana, pale purple ; pur- 

 purea^ purple ; and variegata^ white-edged leaves. Fari- 

 nosa, purple with yellow eye, is pretty. Japonica t a 

 Japanese plant with rose or crimson flowers, introduced 

 in 1871, is a splendid species for a cool, moist spot, 

 growing about eighteen inches high, and can be raised 

 from seed ; it is illustrated in the Botanical Magazine, 

 t. 5916. Marginata is a tiny plant, only three or four 

 inches high, with violet flowers ; it is illustrated in the 

 Botanical Magazine, t. 191. Rosea is a beautiful species, 

 introduced from Cashmere in 1879, and illustrated in the 

 Botanical Magazine, t. 6437 the c l ur is rosy carmine ; 

 the plant loves a cool, moist spot ; there are varieties of 

 it, notably grandiflora, very large. Seed of the type, if 



