160 THE PRIMROSE AND POLYANTHUS. 



in this they are found to grow extremely well. The 

 double paper-white Primrose requires no dung at all, 

 indeed dung is hurtful to it. 



The Double Primrose is truly a beautiful flower ; 

 the different coloured sorts of which are : 



White, Pink, 



Yellow, Crimson, 



Lilac, Purple. 



It is propagated by off-sets from the root, which may 

 be parted as soon as it is done flowering. 



The Polyanthus consists of many different tints 

 and shades ; but the most esteemed are, a bright red 

 or scarlet, and a very dark crimson, and chocolate 

 with brimstone or lemon-coloured eyes, and the 

 edging of the same. 



Let it be remembered, that those flowers, if planted 

 in the ground, and which indeed is the only success- 

 ful way of growing them, should be in a situation 



exposed to the morning rays of the sun, and ex- 



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 eluded from them the rest of the day. It is folly, 



and a waste both of time and plants, to keep them 

 all the year round in pots, especially in the near 



