514 GAEDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



Armeria. 



A. cephalotes THRIFT. A dwarf, herbaceous, edging plant, 

 with narrow grass-like leaves ; bears large heads of rather large, 

 handsome, rose-coloured flowers; thrives well at Ootacamund, 

 but is not met with, that I am aware of, in the plains. 



Plumbago. 



1. P. Capensis. A small prostrate growing shrub, with foliage 

 arranged in a succession of whorls of five unequal lanceolate 

 leaves, from half an inch to two inches long ; one of the com- 

 monest as well as one of the most ornamental plants of our 

 Indian gardens ; bears in the Hot and Kain seasons a profusion 

 of pale azure-blue flowers of the same size and form, and ar- 

 ranged in the same manner as those of the Phlox ; is bene- 

 fited by being pruned in the Cold season. 



2. P. Larpentse. A native of China; much resembles the 

 last, but produces flowers of a much finer and deeper blue. 

 Plants have at various times been introduced into this country, 

 but have not long survived, being seemingly unsuited to the 

 climate. 



3. P. rosea. A small shrub, with prostrate stems ; native of 

 this country ; bears, in the Cold season, crowded racemes of 

 moderate-sized pale, pinkish-scarlet flowers, not unlike those of 

 the scarlet Ixora, exceedingly brilliant and beautiful. The 

 beauty of the plant, however, is much impaired by many of the 

 leaves appearing generally in a decayed condition; requires 

 shade and moisture. Propagated by cuttings in the Kains. 



4. P. Zeylanica. A small, slender, not very pleasing shrub, 

 about three feet high; bears at nearly all seasons racemes of 

 small white sparkling flowers, very clammy and disagreeable 

 to the touch ; bears seed in abundance. 



PBIMULACE^E. 

 Primula. 



1. P. vulgaris PRIMROSE. I have never seen this plant in 

 India. One of our principal amateur gardeners in the vicinity 

 of Calcutta told me he had taken every possible means he 



