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that they may acquire more fibrous roots 

 and strength previously to their being 

 finally planted out 



PRICKWOOD, or TIMBER. Euo'nymus 

 Europce'us and Co'rnvs sangni'nea. 



PBIESTLE'YA. (Named after Dr. Priest- 

 ley. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Faba- 

 ce]. Linn., VI -Diadelphia 4,-Decandria. 

 Allied to Liparia.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered, evergreen shrubs, 

 from New Holland, all about three feet high. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened short shoots in sand, 

 under a bell-glass ; sandy loam andfibry peat, and 

 thoroughly well-drained, to assist which charcoal 

 and pieces of broken brick or sand-stone may be 

 mixed with the compost. Winter temp., 40 to 

 48. Such species as vesti'ta should be tried 

 against a wall. 

 P. axilla'ris (axillary-./?ott>emZ). June. 1S22. 



capita 1 ta (headed-flowered). July. 1812. 



elli'ptica (oval /*). 1825. 



ericafo'lia (heath-leaved). June. 1812. 



graminifo'lia (grass- leaved). June. 1800. 



hirsu'ta (hairy -stemmed). Auuust. 1792. 



Iceviga'ta (smooth-leaved). July. 1820. 



myrtifo'lia (myrtle-leaved). June. 1823. 



seri'cea (s\\\iy -leaned). June 1/94 



te'res (round-stemmed). June. 1816. 



tomento'sa (downy). July. 1812. 



umbelli'fera (umbelliferous). 'July. 1820. 



vesti'ta (clothed). May. 1800. 



villo'sa (woolly). June. 1J7-*- 

 PRI'MULA. Primrose. (From primus-' 



the first; early flowering. Nat.ord., Prime- 

 worts [Primulacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 1-Monoyynia.) 



Seeds in April, in light, sandy border ; divisions 

 of the plant in March and April, or when the 

 plants have done flowering, or in the autumn. 

 Prce'nitens. or Sine'mis, and its varieties, gene- 

 rally by seed in a slight hotbed, in spring or the 

 beginning of autumn, according as the plants are 

 wanted to bloom cany in winter or the following: 

 spring. The Chinese double varieties (so useful 

 for nosesjays in winter), by cuttings after flower- 

 ing, in April or May, and by re-potting the small 

 plants of last year ; sandy loam and peat, enriched 

 with a little decayed cow-dung, and kept open 

 with small nodules of charcoal. These should 

 seldom be below 40 in winter, and the nearer 

 they range from 45 at night, and 50 and 55 

 during the day, the better they will bloora. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS. 

 P. mo' His (soft-lea-jgdj. Scarlet. April. Bootan. 



prce'nitens (very glossy. Chinese), f. Pink. 



May. China. 1820. 

 fimbria'ta u'ioa (fringed- white), f. White. 



June. 1833. 

 .fimbria'ta ro'sea (fringed-rosy). 1. Hose. 



June. 1833. 

 fio're-a'lbo (white-flowered). f. White. 



May. China. 

 MteW-a'/6a(double-white).White. March. 



China. 

 ple'na-ro'sea (doubk-rosy). Hose. March. 



China. 



verticilla'ta (whorled). Yellow. March. Egypt. 



1826. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 P. Allio'ni (Allioni's). . Red. April. France. 1818. 



Alta'ica (Altaian). $. Red. April. Altai. ISlQ. 



P. amas'na (pleasing). , Purple. April. Caucasus. 

 1823. 



auri'cula (auricula). . Yellow. April. Switzer- 



land. 1596. 



culyca'ntha (coloured-calyxed). . Yellow. 



April. Switzerland. 1590. 



horte'nsis (garden). . Variegated. April. 



Europe. 1596. 



integefrrima (most-entire). . Variegated. 



April. Switzerland. 1596. 



lu'tea (yellow). . Yellow. May. Switzer- 

 land. 1596. 



lu'tea ple'na (double-yellow). . Yellow. 



April. Gardens. 



BaWi'su (Balbis's). $. Yellow. April. South 



Europe. 1823. 



brevi'styla (short-styled). . Yellow. June. 



France. 1818. 



versi'color (party-coloured). 3. Yellow, 



red. June. Fiance. 1818. 



capita'ta (rowwrf-headed-mea/.v). f. Purple. 



October. Himalaya. 1850. 



Carnio'tica (Carniolan). 4. Purple. March. 



Carniola. 1826. 



cilia' ta (hair-fringed. Swiss). $. Red. April. 



Switzerland. 1700. 



cortusui'des (cortusa-like). 1. Red. June. Si- 



beria. 1794. 



DfflMV/ca(Davunan).i.Red.May. Siberia.180'6. 



de'cura (comely). ^. Pink. April. South Eu- 



rope. 1800. 



denticula'ta (toothed-leaved). $. Parple. May. 



deniiftu'ra (toothed-fluweredj. 1. Red. June. 



Siberia. H06. 



ela'tior (taller. Ox.ip). 1. Yellow. May. Britain. 



culyca'ntlia (colourr-.d-calyx^dj. Variegated. 

 April. Britain. 



flu're-ple'no (double-flowered). ^. Brown, 



crimson. April. Britain. 



pnlyn'ntha (many-flow.-red). . Varie- 

 gated. April. Biiiain. 



farino'sn (inealv). $. Red. June. Britain. 



Finma'r>-hira (Fmmarck). 5. Violet. May. 

 Norway. 1798. 



gigante'a (giant). J. Red. Jun-. Siberia. 1820. 



glauce'scens (milk\ -green), i'iuk. June. Swit- 

 zerland 18jl6. 



glutino'sa (clammy). ? Red. June. SouthEu- 

 rope. 18-24. 



He/weV/ca(Helvetian).l.Red.June.Switzerland, 



a'/Att (white), i. Whit.-. May. 



irrfla'ta (inflated). . Yellow. May. Hungary. 

 1825. 



integrifu'lia (entire-leaved). -4. Pink. June. 

 Pyrenees. 1/92. 



involucra'ta (ruffed), i. White. April. Nofth 

 India. 1H45 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 4-. Red. April. Pyre- 

 nees. 1820. 



longiflu'ra (long-flowered). \. Red. June. Eu- 

 rope. 1825. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved), i- Red. April. Levant. 

 1/90. 



longisca'pa (long-flower-stalked). Lilac. April. 



Altai. 1837- 



. marginu'ta (silver-edged). 4. Pink. April. Swit- 

 zerland. 1/77- 

 ma'jor (larger). Pink. April. 



microca'lyx (small-calyxed). Red. May. Altai. 

 1838. 



?m'7m?ia( least) .. Red. April. SouthEurope.1819. 

 . Mistassi'nica (Lake Mistassins). ^. Red. June. 

 N.Amer. 1818. 



Munro'i (Capt. Munro's). . White. May. 

 North India. 1845. 



niva'lis (snowy) 4. Purple. April. Dahuria. 1790. 



