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their summer growth. At a later stage they appreciate the 

 autumnal and winter sunshine, but even a fully-grown plant 

 would suffer if it had to face the August sunshine under glass. 

 The seeds are nearly as large as onion seed, so that they may 

 easily be distributed evenly over the surface of the soil. This 

 should be fairly heavy, but rendered perfectly porous by sand 

 and a little leaf mould. If thoroughly saturated before the 

 seeds are sown, no further waterings are necessary until 

 germination has taken place. This will be in a fortnight if a 

 covering of brown paper has been applied. Then remove them 

 to the full light, barring sunshine, and directly the first pair of 



. 3. Box off "Transplanted Primula Seedlings 



in 



leaves have developed, it is time to transplant. Grown 

 partial shade, they speedily reach saleable size as transplanted 

 stuff, but where large quantities of plants are required for pot 

 work, they should be potted when they have reached the stage 

 as illustrated by the box of transplanted plants shown above. 



PRIMULA OBCONICA AND P. MALACOIDES 

 The vast improvement effected in P. Obconica during the 

 past ten years has brought them more to the front as decorative 

 plants, and their further development may with confidence 

 be anticipated. P. Malacoides is still sufficiently novel for its 

 undoubted merits to receive full appreciation, and the giant 

 forms it is now assuming will undoubtedly establish it in popular 

 esteem as a market plant. Therefore, with P. Obconica it is 

 worthy of our attention. We treat them together because they 



