FOR AMATEUR CULTURE 



Be sure to have the crown well above the soil, 

 which should slope away from the plant to the 

 sides of the pot. If the crown is even with the 

 surface, and water runs in about it and stands 

 there decay will be pretty sure to set in, and 

 that means death to the plant. There are single 

 and double varieties, ranging in color from pure 

 white to dark crimson, violet, and pink. 



Instead of carrying old plants over for a 

 second season of flowering I would advise the 

 purchase of your plants each spring. You 

 can grow them from seed if you care to do so. 



PRIMULA. The Primula is really a Prim- 

 rose, but is so unlike it in habit that we put it 

 in a class of its own. 



Primula obconica is one of the most florif- 

 erous plants I have any knowledge of. It 

 begins to bloom early in fall, when grown from 

 spring seedlings, and is never without flowers 

 until late in spring. It would no doubt keep 

 on blooming all summer if encouraged to do 

 so. Its flowers are borne in clusters thrown 

 well above the foliage, which forms a luxuriant 

 mass, covering the surface of the soil and half 

 hiding the pot. In color these flowers range 

 from pearly white to rosy lilac, with a green- 

 ish-yellow eye. 



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