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A LITTLE BOOK OF PERENNIALS 



Culture. Primulas are not difficult to grow, yet they reward 

 one for any amount of trouble. One of the first requisites is to keep the 

 soil moist. The plants will die if they are allowed to pass through the dry 

 Summer months without plenty of water. Primroses should be planted 

 in rich, well drained soil in a shaded nook in order to protect the plants 

 from the hot sunshine during the Summer. Shght protection during 

 Winter is needed, such as a fight mulching of leaves and straw. In the 

 Fall, if the crowns of any of the plants are above the surface of the soil, 

 these plants should be taken up and reset. Primroses resent a great deal 

 of cultivation; good, rich soil, partiaUy shaded quarters and plenty of 

 moisture are aU they need. 



Propagation. Primroses are usually propagated by seeds sown 

 in March in a coldframe or in May to July outdoors in shaded places. 

 The seed should just be scratched into the surface soil and firmed. 

 The plants can also be divided early in Spring or in the FaU. 



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Pyrethrum — Pink Daisy 



The form of the Daisy is admired by all, so that it is strange that 

 persons do not grow the lovely Daisies known as Pyrethrums. 



Primroses. A mass to tempt us to imitate it. 



