Priestleya 



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Primula 



PRIESTLEYA. 



Dwarf, evergreen shrubs (ord. Leguminosse), with 

 yellow flowers and the habit of a Genista, and 



plenty of sand, firm potting, and good drainage, 

 will suit them. Priestleyas require less water 

 than most plants. 



Plioto : Ctisscll it 1 Company, Ltd. 



PlUMUI.A KKWEXsis (.MT ;>. 230). 



requiring similar treatment. Half-ripened shoots 

 will root readily in sand under a bell-glass. 

 Fibrous loam and peat in equal proportions, with 



Prickly Cedar (.ice Cyathod.e 

 PricMn Date Palm (see Acanthophasnix). 

 Prickly Pear (see Opuntia). 

 Prlclily Rhubarb (see Guniiera). 

 Prickly Thrift (see AcantJtolimon). 

 Prieltienod, (see Cormts sanyiiinea and Euoni/vtus 

 enropifiis). 



Principal Species : 



capitata, Ii', Jy. 

 ffi-aniinifolia, 3', Je. 

 myrtifolia, 3', Je. 



vestita, 3', My. (/* 

 Liparia vestita anc 

 villosa). 



PRIMULA. 



Description. The genus Primula comprises some 

 of the most beautiful and useful of ganU'ii jihints. 

 It is only necessary to think of the native Prim- 

 rose, with its cultivated varieties, the Auricula, 

 the Chinese Primula (sinensis). and the useful 



