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together with its large flowers and taller scapes that 

 makes this new plant so very superior to P. japonica 

 and undoubtedly one of the very finest of all hardy 

 Primroses. There is an albino form, known as var. 

 Mrs. R. V. Berkeley, which has cream-white flowers 

 each with a rich orange-colored eye, and is a worthy 

 companion to the crimson-flowered type. In Massa- 

 chusetts P. pulverulenta thrives and is perfectly hardy; 

 in one garden I know, that of General Stephen M. 

 Weld at Dedham, Mass., there are large colonies 

 of this plant naturalized from self-sown seeds. It is a 

 true perennial of vigorous growth, is very floriferous, 

 and remains in flower for a couple of months. 



Primula Cockburniana has neat obovate, pale 

 green leaves and bright orange-scarlet flowers, each 

 an inch across, and borne in several whorls on scapes 

 from one to one and a half feet high. The color of the 

 flowers in this Primrose is unique in the family and is 

 one of the rarest colors in the vegetable kingdom, 

 but, unfortunately, the plant is virtually a biennial. 

 Hybridists, however, have secured several crosses 

 between it and P. pulverulenta and some of these 

 hybrids have the perennial character of the last 

 named and flowers of the same color as those of P. 

 Cockburniana. In stature and habit these hybrids — 

 to which the names Unique and Unique Improved 



