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attractive. It grows well in any good garden soil but prefers a 

 light sandy soil or a situation among rocks. 



It is easily propagated by dividing the roots, in early Spring, 

 or by seeds sown, to the depth of an eighth of an inch, in the 

 Fall, where they are to bloom, and thinned to six inches apart. 



PRIMULA. 



A genus comprising between 

 seventy and eighty species of hardy 

 perennials. The common Primrose, 

 the Cowslip, the Chinese Primula 

 obconica, the Primula Japonica, be- 

 sides many others, are charming 

 early-Spring flowers, often opening 

 their pretty yellow, mauve, brown or 

 white blossoms as early as January 

 and continuing in flower for months. 

 Many of the double varieties are very 

 floriferous, almost hiding the foliage 

 with their beautiful white, pink or 

 purple blossoms. The Primulas de- 

 light in a shady, moist situation facing the East or North, in a 

 light rich soil. Plant them about one foot apart. 



Propagate by seeds sown in Spring, covered to the depth of 

 one-eighth of an inch, and kept growing in pots or boxes or a 

 sheltered, shady border until Fall (when they should be planted 

 where they are to flower) or, where a stock of old plants is at 

 hand, by dividing the roots in the Fall. 



PYRETHRUM (Feverfew). 



This hardy herbaceous perennial is best known here by the 

 variety named the Golden Feather which is much used in bed- 

 ding and as front lines to ribbon borders, etc. 



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Primula obconica. 



