PRIMULA 



21. rdsea, Royle. Tufted, 4-8 in. tall, glabrous, not 

 mealy: Iv.s.many, oblong-obovateor oblanceolate, crenu- 

 late or small-toothed: Us, few to many in a rather loose 

 liead (each flower distinctly stalked), rose-red, more or 

 less drooping, the tube somewhat exceeding the long 

 sharp calyx-teeth, the lobes obcordate. Western Hima- 

 laya. B.M. 6437. Gn. 50:1091, the large-fld. form (var. 

 nrandi flora}; 16:187; 29, p. ^82; 31, p. 597; 39, p. 417. 

 (i.e. II. 19:540. F.M. 1879:360. R.H. 1880:330. -One 

 of the best of the alpine Primulas. 



10. Fakinos^. 

 A. Playit mealy, at least when young. 



22. farindsa, Linn. Scapes 9 in. or less tall: Ivs. ob- 

 long-obovate, spatulate or cuneate-lanceolate, tapering 

 into a short fiat petiole, denticulate: umbel mostly few- 

 fld., bearing pretty lilac or flesh-colored fls., with a yel- 

 lowish eye, the corolla-lobes obcordate and separate at 

 the base and J4 in. or less long. Generally distributed 



boreal and alpine regions of the northern hemisphe 



Plant green or ■ 

 MistasBinica, Michx. (P. 



nearly so. 



sin 



tea, Pax. P. pusilla, Ho 



der, with only mere traces dl' m : \ : Iva. 



only K in. long, stalked or ii"i, ; ■ i' ■ l.civate, 



toothed or repand: scape about i. m, ' iti, '■. iL lew fls., 

 the latter flesh-colored and shorter lliaii in /'. farinosa. 

 Arctic America, and south to northern New England, 

 central New York, Lake Superior, etc. B.M. 2973, 3020. 



24. Sibfrica, Jacq. Plant wholly green, the scapes 6 

 or 7 in. or less high : Ivs. thickish, oval, obovate or 

 round-ovate, nearly or quite entire, about K in. long: 

 fls. few, lilac or pink, the corolla-lobes obcordate and 

 about K in. lonsr: iuvoluc-nd bracts almost spurred at 

 base. Arctic :tii'l (liin- t<:: I' ins of the northern hemi- 

 sphere. B.JI. :; ^. fitter as rar. infcjerj-ima). 



Var. KaBhmirinna, II ii < Hs. smaller, the corolla- 



tube scarcelv r\. . . iiml' iIm -ilvx, and the corolla-lobes 

 niirrower. B.iM. i.l'.c:. W .sicin llimalaya. Nottobecon- 

 fouMiled with I'.<l,;il:cntata.v:ir. Cachemiriana. No. 17. 



1958. Polyanthus— Primula Polyantha (X K). 

 11. NiVALES. 



A. Fls. purplish or u'hile. 

 Cusickiina, Gray. Scapes in. or less tall, ca. 

 ni: 2-4 violet ..r wliite fls.: Ivs. oblong-spatulate i 



so: involucre bracts 2 or 3, conspicuous, unequal: 

 corolla-lobes refuse, the tube little if any exceeding the 

 calyx-lobes. Early spring. Eastern Oregon, — Offered 

 by dealers in native plants 



1959. Polyanthus— Primula Polyantha. 



26. BuBbyi, Greene. Larger than P. Cusickiana, the 

 Ivs. 2-0 in. long, denticulate: scapes sometimes 1 ft. 

 tall, 6-10-fld., the fls. deep purple with yellow eye: in- 

 volucre bracts 3 or more, subulate or ovate: corolla- 

 lobes obcordate, the corolla-tube longer than the calyx. 

 Mts. in New Mex. and Ariz. B.M. 7032. -Offered by 

 dealers in native plants. 



AA. Ph. yellow. 



27. Stfiartii, Wall. An exceedingly variable Himalayan 

 species with drooping yellow fls. in a terminal umbel: 

 radical Ivs. 5-10, narrowly oblanceolate, acute, sharp- 

 serrate or sometimes entire, yellow, mealy beneath: 

 scape 12-18 in. tall, bearing a mealy-covered inflores- 

 cence: fls. light yellow, with tube twice the length of 

 the usually acute-lobed calyx, the lobes orbicular and 

 emarginate or sometimes orbicular and entire. B.M. 

 4356. G.O. II. 19:824; 25:528. Gn. 29, p. 382. -Fls. 1 

 in. or more long. ^ H. B. 



PRINCE, WILLIAM, the second proprietor of the 



rrinc Nui-srrv ai Ihixliiii!;. L. I. (New York), was born 

 .ilmtit i:-.-, .-ni.! .Ii..l i„ 1H02. The nursery, which was 

 I>frhai)s till- liiMt lani' r,.iinniTcial one in America, was 

 f-ilnr. Robert Prince. The 

 !• ■ liilleandon thenorth 

 .1 nil them a variety of 

 iiu> created in horticul- 

 luii 111 of this first nurserv. 



established about I 7 

 Huguenots who sin 

 shore of Long Ish 

 French fruits, ami i 

 ture resulted in tht; 

 For a number of y 



confined chiefly 



-oblo 





to the fruit trees with which to stock the 

 and it was only when more settled conditions came 

 that the culture of ornamental trees and shrubs was 

 introduced. Under William Prince the nursery grew 

 rapidly in importance until the war of the Revolution. 

 One of the earlv advertisements reads as follows, under 

 date of Sfptcinl..r21. 1767: 



"For s.ili it ^^-il!;;M„ r,;:,,, ■, nursery. Flushing, a 

 great v.iri- ■ - : ' n, apple, plum, peach, 



neetariii. .'!:;; r ,,: ;,,,,■. They may be put 



up so a:- 1" ;, ,.. I,,, , 1 :,|.t. .Jeremiah Mitchell 



and Daniel (, 1. mmi , ;;., lo >.. ,v York in packet boats 

 Tuesdays and Fridays." 



The extension to" ornamental branches is seen in 



