PRIMULA 



PRINCE 



1435 



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

 mealy: Ivs. many, oblong-obovateor oblanceolate, crenu- 

 late or small-toothed: lis. few to many in a rather loose 

 head (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. 

 grandiflora) ; 16:187; 29, p. 382; 31, p. 597; 39, p. 417. 

 G.C. II. 19:540. F.M. 1879:360. R.H. 1880:330.-One 

 of the best of the alpine Primulas. 



10. FARINOSE. 

 A. Plant mealy, at least ^vhen yonny. 



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

 long-obovate, spatulate or cuneate-lanceolate, tapering 

 into a short flat petiole, denticulate : umbel mostly f ew- 

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

 lowish eye, the corolla-lobes obcordate and separate at 

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

 in boreal and alpine regions of the northern hemisphere, 

 in N. Amer. occurring in Maine, on Lake Superior and 

 in the mountains as far south as Colorado. Gn. 29, p 

 385. 



AA. Plant green or very nearly so. 



23. Mistassinica, Michx. (P. farinosa, var. Mistassin 

 ica, Pax. P. pusilla, Hook.). Plant small and slen- 

 der, with only mere traces of mealiness if any : Ivs. 

 only K in. long, stalked or not, spatulate or obovate, 

 toothed or repand: scape about 6 in. tall, with few fls., 

 the latter flesh-colored and shorter than in P. farinosa. 

 Arctic America, and south to northern New England, 

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



24. Sibirica, 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 % in. long: 

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

 about % in. long: involucral bracts almost spurred at 

 base. Arctic and alpine regions of the northern hemi- 

 sphere. B.M. 3167, 3445 (the latter as var. integerrima). 



Var. Kashmiriana, Hook., has fls. smaller, the corolla- 

 tube scarcely exceeding the calyx, and the corolla-lobes 

 narrower. B.M. 6493. Western Himalaya. Not to be con- 

 founded with P. denticulata.v&r. Cachemiriana, No. 17. 



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

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

 calyx-lobes. Early spring. Eastern Oregon. Offered 

 by dealers in native plants 



1958. Polyanthus Primula Polyantha (X %). 



11. NlVALES. 



A. Fls. purplish or white, 



25. Cusickiana, Gray. Scapes 6 in. or less tall, each 

 bearing 21 violet or white fls, : Ivs. oblong-spatulate or 

 narrow-oblong, about 2 in. long, entire or very nearly 



1959. Polyanthus Primula Polyantha. 



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

 Ivs. 2-5 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. Fls. yellow. 



27. Stuartii, 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.C. II. 19:824; 25:528. Gn. 29, p. 382. -Fls. 1 

 in. or more long. L. H. B. 



PRINCE, WILLIAM, the second proprietor of the 

 Prince Nursery at Flushing, L. I. (New York), was born 

 about 1725, and died in 1802. The nursery, which was 

 perhaps the first large commercial one in America, was 

 established about 1730 by his father, Robert Prince. The 

 Huguenots who settled at New Rochelle and on the north 

 shore of Long Island brought with them a variety of 

 French fruits, and the interest thus created in horticul- 

 ture resulted in the establishment of this first nursery. 

 For a number of years attention was confined chiefly 

 to the fruit trees with which to stock the new country, 

 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 early advertisements reads as follows, under 

 date of September 21, 1767: 



"For sale at William Prince's nursery, Flushing, a 

 great variety of fruit trees, such as apple, plum, peach, 

 nectarine, cherry, apricot and pear. They may be put 

 up so as to be sent to Europe. Capt. Jeremiah Mitchell 

 and Daniel Clements go to New York in packet boats 

 Tuesdays and Fridays." 



The extension to ornamental branches is seen in 



