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corolla of a brighter colour and more 

 spreading, the segments much broader 

 and rounder, and the throat somewhat 

 contracted, with 5 bilobed bosses, as 

 in the Primrose and Cowslip. The 

 Common Oxlip and its varieties are 

 well worthy of being encouraged in the 

 rougher parts of our pleasure-grounds, 

 copses, etc. The Bardneld Oxlip is 

 not so ornamental.] 



Primula viscosa (Viscid Primose). 

 P. villosa. A very handsome Primrose, 

 very common on the Alps ; 2 to 4 in. 

 high. Flowers, in early summer; 

 rosy-purple, with white eye, in um- 

 bels, on viscid stems ; lobes of corolla 

 heart-shaped, gashed ; tube twice as 

 long as the bell-shaped calyx. Leaves, 

 obovate or suborbicuiar, with closely- 

 set teeth, dark green, covered with 

 glandular hairs, and viscid on both 

 sides. The two handsome purple 

 Primroses, known in gardens as P. 

 ciliata and P. ciliata purpurca, are 

 varieties of this, the latter said to be 

 a hybrid between it and an Auricula. 

 Alps and Pyrenees. The rock- 

 garden and choice borders, in moist 

 rich soil. It will be the better of being 

 divided and replanted every autumn, 

 or at least every alternate autumn. 

 Division. 



Primula vulgaris (Common Primrose). 

 Our common Primrose ; 3 to 6 in. 

 high. flowers, in spring ; yellow, 

 large, solitary, on peduncles, appa- 

 rently radical, but which really spring 

 from an umbel, the stalk of which is 

 hidden by the base of the leaves. 

 Leaves, obovate or oblong, tapering to 

 the base, veined and wrinkled, smooth 

 above and hairy beneath. There are 

 many varieties of various colours, all 

 of which are well worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. Very abundant in Britain. 



It is needless to say in how many 

 ways this beautiful native plant may 

 be grown in wild- wood or in garden. 

 The charming coloured varieties now 



obtainable shotild be abundantly natu- 

 ralized in pleasure-grounds, and the 

 lovely old double kinds should be in 

 every garden. They enjoy partial 

 shade, and light, rich, moist soil, and 

 are easily propagated by division. 



Prunella grandiflora (Great Self- 

 heal). A showy perennial ; 6 to 

 12 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 violet or purple, in 6-flowered whorls, 

 densely spiked ; corolla large, more 

 than an inch long, above twice the 

 length of the calyx ; tube a little con- 

 tracted at the throat ; calyx tubularly 

 bell -shaped, somewhat 10-nerved. 

 Leaves, rather soft, ovate, entire or 

 toothed ; lower ones about 2 4 in. long 

 with channelled footstalks longer 

 than the leaves ; upper ones smaller, 

 pinnatifid, and on footstalks shorter 

 than the leaves. There is a white- 

 flowered variety. Europe. Bor- 

 ders, in sandy loam, and naturaliza- 

 tion in copses, etc. This plant fre- 

 quently perishes in winter on stiff clay 

 soils. Division and seed. 



Prunella pyrenaica (Pyrenean Self- 

 heal). Allied to the preceding, and 

 considered a variety of it ; 8 in. to 

 1 ft. or more high, flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; larger than those of P. grandi- 

 flora ; of a beautiful violet - purple 

 above, somewhat lighter within and 

 white beneath^ in large terminal cylin- 

 drical heads ; upper part of the calyx 

 deep purple. Leaves, hastate, irregu- 

 larly lobed ; radical ones nearly entire, 

 oval-obtuse in outline, with a truncate 

 base; lower stem-leaves often arrow- 

 shaped, sometimes toothed at the 

 base ; upper ones oval, entire, toothed 



or pinnatifid. Pyrenees. The same 



positions and treatment as those re- 

 commended for the preceding kind. 



Pulmonaria dahurica (Siberian P.) 

 A graceful and slender perennial, 

 with erect stems, smooth at the base, 

 hairy above ; 1 ft. to 16 in. high. 

 flowers, in May ; beautiful blue, tu- 

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