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difolia, which grows about a foot high and has a blue flower, is also 

 a fine species. There is a white variety of it (fig. 726), which is 

 a desirable plant C. hirsuta (fig. 727) is a creeping plant with hairy 

 leaves. C. garganica is a really valuable plant for the rockeries ; and 

 there are many other species which it is desirable to grow in the 

 alpineries, but which I do not consider it requisite to describe. C. 

 speculum is also called Venus's Looking-glass. 



..- .. FIG. 727. C. hirsuta. 



FIG. 726. C. rotundifoha. 



The Primulas are an extensive genus of plants, of which we grow 

 several species. I have tried Primula denticulata, but it has not 

 lived out of doors. I have also tried the Abyssinian Primrose (fig. 728), 

 but with what success I cannot as yet tell. The beautiful P. amcena 

 cortusoidcs (fig. 729) likewise does not thrive well with me. 



FIG. 730. P. villosa. 



FIG. 728. Abyssinian Primrose. 



FIG. 729. Primula cortusoides. 



Another species (fig. 730), the name of which has been determined 

 to be the Primula villosa, does well. I found it in quantity in the 

 month of May on the Italian side of the St. Gothard Pass, lighting 

 up the granite rocks with great effect, as the foliage and flowers 



