PRIMULA 



62.J, C71. F.R. 4:29. -The Chinese Primrose is now ex- 

 ceeUiugly variable. There are double-tld. forms of vari- 

 ous shapes and colors and of various degrees of dou- 

 bling. For pictures of various double and half-double 

 forma, see R.H. 1867:250, 330. P.S. 20:2145. I.H. 

 31:512; 35:42; 38:12G. The normal form of this Prim- 

 rose has a somewhat flat-topped flower-cluster, but 

 there are forms with pyramidal and elongated clusters. 

 Var. Bteliata {P. stellata, Hort.) is a form with hand- 

 some star-like long-stemmed fls. in successive whorls or 



PRIMULA 



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tiers in a Ion; 

 i)7, p. 52. A.' 

 5:167. Pretty 

 England from 

 until 1879 thill 

 nists. For ac 

 as grown in 1 

 Journ. Royal 

 8:564; 9:20".); 

 Gn. 49:in,-]8. 

 nese Prinini-^i 



ent. Gn. 53, p. 229; 



A. P. 12:605. Gng. 

 was introduced into 



1820, but it was not 



nwas kiiowntobota- 



iiion in 



Chi- 



the throat usually striped and the limb in various colors, 

 from pure white to deep purple-rose. Japan: perhaps a 

 cultivated state of the above. B.M. 5528. I.H. 16:599. 

 Gn. 29, p. 382; 35, p. 335; 36:721. Gng. 8:241-2. R.H. 

 1892:.300.— The fls. are two to three times larger than 

 those of P. cortnsoides. In some forms the fls. are 

 fringed. Blooms in late spring. Hardy North. 



5. MONOCARPIC^E. 



11. F6rbesi, Franch. Babt Primrose. Figs. 1955, 1956. 

 Annual: slender and delicate species, with something 

 of the habit of P. obconica: loosely hairy, at least on 

 the Ivs. and lower part of the scape: Ivs. .small, 1-2 in. 



Ii,> ..II ill. ..I'.li.r of pink, but 

 1 til.. ..Mil. I'. irms, — from pure 

 white til red. Tli. r. ar.j ii..\v .ii -i. .1 ..r fringed forms 

 (var. fimbriata, ll.iri.i, ;in,l th..^.- wiili a frill or extra 

 corolla projecting from the throat (Fig. 1952). Gt. 

 43:1402; 45:1432; 46, p. 192. The Ivs. are variable in 

 shape and depth of lobing. Some forms have crisped 

 leaves (var. filicifdlia, Hort.l. The improvement of P. 

 Sinensis has taken place without the influence of hy- 

 bridization with other species. 



BB. Lvs. seailoped or sinttate, not lobed. 

 8. obcdnica, Ilan.-.- IP. pnmUfdrmis, Hook.). Fig. 

 1953. ISI.iidrr, Willi l.i..~i hiiiry leaves (the sharp hairs 

 often irritutiiiL' |i..i-..n..ii- : h s. all radical, ovate-ob- 

 long or nmiiil-i.lili.nu, l.uiu [.. tiuled, scallop-toothed and 

 \'(.-rv linuly serrate: scapes many, 

 4-10 in. tall: fls. small, lilac or 

 light purple, several to many in 

 umbels, on long -spreading or 

 somewhat drooping pedicels, the 

 segments obcordate; calyx wide 

 open and shallow-toothed. China. 

 B.M. 0582. Gn. 26:4.'')6 and p. 

 206; 29, p. 241; 51, p. 317. G.C. 

 111. 9:401 (house). Gt. 43, p. 138. 

 F.R. 1:941. -Of late years this 

 species has become a popular win- 

 ter-blooming pot-plant. The fls. 

 are nenrlv or quite an inch across 

 in will -ijr.nvn spi-cimens. There is 

 a var. grandiilora, Hort., with fls. 

 niaiiv..r.|iiitr r,.in. across. Gn. 

 .'ilillli;. IMl. I,sil2,p. 114. Gt, 46, 

 p. 193. S.H.2.P.52. A. F. 13:1063. 

 Gng. 6:245. Some of thelarge-fld. 

 forms have somewhat lacerated 

 or fringed petals (var. fimbri&ta, 

 Hort.). Var. rdsea, Hort., has 

 rose -colored fls. P. obconica is 

 very easily grown. Prop, by seed. 



AA. Calyx narrow and ordinary. 

 9. cortusoideB, Linn. Fig. 19.')4. 

 Lvs. in a rosette on the ground, 

 rather large and soft, loose hairy 

 (at U-a»t un the midrib and pe- 

 11 it. - - ,ii. .ii.l.ing or cordale- 

 ( l\ many-notched: 

 .. , , , ..ral, 6-12 in. tall, 



\. . -iiiijiii, hairy: fls. rose- 

 coliirc'il, aliMui 1 in. across, pedi- 

 celled, in a loose, many-fld. um- 

 bel, the segments obovate and 

 deeplv notched or even lobed. 

 Siberia. B.M. 399. R. H. 1859, p. 



1955. Primula Forbesi. 319. Gn. 29, p. .S82. — A handsome 

 (X'j.) hardy species, blooming in May 



in the northern states. 

 10. Si^boldi, Morr. (P. cortiisoldes, var. amaena, 



Lindl., var. grandiflfirn, Lem., and var. Siiboldi, Hort. 



/'. amoena, Hort.). Looks like a large and robust form 



of P. cortusoides, w\th fls. 1% to nearly 2 in, across. 



long, oval-oblong to cordate-oblong, shallowly sinuate- 

 toothed, minutely serrulate: scapes very slender, 6-14 

 in. high, often bent above the whorls: fls. small (about 

 Hin. across), light lilac, slender- pedicelled, appearing 

 j„ v„<>..,.-uiv.. iiMibels or whorls, the segments obcordate, 

 ,■:,!. .1. .. !. i....tbed, small, somewhat loose. China. 

 11 , l: l[. 1892, p. 259. G.C. III. 14:685. A.F. 

 II , I.I 7:149. F.E. 11:72. -Although first dc- 



.. , ii,. .1 .. 1. . . iitly as 1886, and first exhibited in London 

 in IH'.ll, this plantisnowone of the rao.st popular of con- 

 servatory plants in America. It is a most profuse bloomer, 

 beginning to flower when not more than 2 or 3 in. high 

 and continuing until the scapes reach a height of 10-12 

 inches. It is particularly well adapted to growing in pans. 

 It is easily grown froni seeds, and blooms well all win- 

 ter. Unless given plenty of light and room, the scapes 

 become weak and crooked. 



C. Barbate. 

 12. yincifldra, Franch. Perennial, with a short rhi- 

 zome: lvs. thin, oblong or oval, den.sely overlapping 

 and forming a narrow erect crown, all erect or nearly 

 so, the upper ones larger, all entire but ciliate, covered 

 with reddish glands: scape short: fl. solitary, purple- 

 violet or blue, \14 in. across, the tube cylindrical or 



