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dry hot weather water should ln' freely hcstnwed upon 

 them, and this is more efteetually aecomjiH-hed when they 

 are phinted in groups than wlien they aie distributed over 

 a considerable space as isidated plants. 



Amongst the more desirable of primulas for a rockerv 

 may be named P. iniririihi in its original wild form ; 

 P. citpitaiit, in thi/ way of P . dent'icuhitti , P. /'iiriiioxu , 

 P. niti'i/rifoliii, P. idli/'iiliii, P. iiKd-f/i 111(1(1 , P i)((Tp((re,(, 

 P. rnfi('((, p. clllo.<i(i, and I' (•(■ii(cilh(l(( in its \'arietal form 

 of ■•<( iie((>iiK. 



The finest of tlie hardy border ]n'imulas are P. Japonic, (, 

 a truly grand plant adapted for ]>lanting in masses; /■' 

 Sir/j(il(l(, which su])ersedes the old and much favoured 

 P cort /(>i(-ii(]es, and finally the wirieties of our own nati\'e 

 P r((h)ar(s, whicli are mucdi less known in gardens than 

 they deserve to be. All these primulas which we seled 

 for the border are suitable also for rm-keries, but they are 

 not, in a strirt view of the case, rocker}' ]ilants; and, 

 moreover, to enjoy them thoroughly, fliey ar(> needed in 

 quantity, repeated and repeated in all the ^'ariety possible, 

 from the lovel}^ double white and crimson primroses to the 

 rich gold-laced polyanthuses. 



In the routine cultivation of primulas, the raising of 

 stock from seed is a matter of considerable imj)ortance. 

 All the kinds may be multiplied by division, and in the 

 case of double varieties that do not produ(.'e seed, this is 

 the only course of procedure possible. But division should 

 never be resorted to if seed can be obtained, for lari^'c 

 s])ecimens are always to be desired^ and a \igorous progen\' 

 may be best secured by resorting to seeds. 



The seeds of primulas may be kept until the spring 

 following the season that produced them^ but no longer, for 



