PRIMULA 



Tufteci, 4-8 in. tall, glabrous, not 

 * oblanceolate, creuu- 

 iiall-toothed: Us. few to many in a rather loose 

 head (i-ai-li tiuwer (iistiuctly 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 (Tar. 

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

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

 of the best of the alpine Primulas. 



10. FARINOS.ffi;. 



A. rill III mealy, at least wlien young. 



22. farinbsa, Linn. Scapes il in. or less tall: Ivs. ob- 



long-ohovatc, spatiilat.- ■•!■ .•iiiicatt'-laiicculalr. t:iiiiring 



1435 



in N. Anier. occurring 

 in the mountains as fai 



Cob. 



385. 



Plant green or very nearly so. 



23. Mistassinica, Michx. (P. fori«dso, var. Mlstassin 

 tea. Pax. P. jiiisilla, Hook.). Plant small and slen- 

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

 only M 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 wholh green, the scapes 6 

 sh, oval, obo\atc or 



e, about % m long: 

 lobes ob( ordate and 

 s almost spurred at 

 the northern hemi- 



or less high 

 round-ovate, nearh oi 

 fls. few, lilac or pniK 

 about K in- long iin 

 base. Arctic and il| i 

 sphere. B.M. 3107, 4 

 Var. Kashmiri^na, 1 

 tube scarcely excet liii 

 narrower. B.M b4'i 

 founded with P.clmti 



thi^ 



quil 



nu). 



iSf^n^ 



Primula Polyantha (X %). 



\LES. 

 lu-plishorichite. 

 Scapes 6 in. or les.s tall, each 

 t.' ris.: Ivs. oblong-spatulate or 

 in. long, entire or very nearly 



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 



Polyanthus— Primula Polyantha. 



20. Etisbyi, Greene. Larger than P. Cuxicl-lnna, the 

 Ivs. 2-5 in. long, denticulate: s.a|.r~ .,,i,h i imrs 1 ft. 

 tall, 6-10-fld., the fls. deep purpl. ! ' ■^-.^■.\n- 



lobes obcordate, the corolla-tub. I. lu- i ,i,.,i, ;l., ralvx. 

 Mts. in New Mex. and Ariz. 1;..M. 7u.:j. mi, red 'by 

 dealers in native plants. 



AA. Fls. yellow. 

 27. Staartii, 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: Us. li-lir y.llow, with tube twice the length of 

 the usii;illy :m-uic li.l.cd calyx, the lobes orbicular and 

 eniarKiii.ii.. i.r .sMin.iimes orbicular and entire. B.M. 

 4350. il.r. 11. l;)H24; 25:528. Gn. 29, p. 382.-F1S. 1 

 in. or more long. l. H. B. 



PHINCE, 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 T,o,i!r T«l:.iid brought with tliem a variety of 



ture r. ' I. : I! ■ . -i.ilili~liiii.iit i.r this lirst nursery. 

 For II ■" I . . .!-, nil. ■mi. .11 was .■..mill,..! chielly 



to til.- t.i.ii ir.. s -Mil, M-lii.-h t.. .st...-k til., n.-w 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 (li,- early advert iscm.-Tit.s reads as follows, under 



"F..r sal.- at William 1 'riii.-.-'.s nursery, Flushing, a 

 great van. ty ..f fruit tia .s. sueli as apple, plum, peach, 

 nectarine, ciierry, 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 



