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of the l'^- 



of shape and colour are Primula sinensis and ohconica. 

 We have recently been warned about these Primulas, as the 

 resinous secretion of their hairs may cause serious affections 

 skin and eyes. But it was evident that 

 are not affected \)y the poisonous hairs 

 Primula, for the Director of the gardens 

 that amongst his subordinates he 

 heard of this trouble occurring 



exceptional cases". At /n the same 



all alike 

 of the 

 told me 

 had only 

 in very 

 time it is best, 

 possible, to avoid 

 these plaTits whicl 

 used for decoration, 

 and not to bring 

 them near one's face. 

 All the plants and 

 shrubs in the Maquis 

 were in full bloom ag^ain at 

 the Grand Hotel du Cap, and 

 we could once more repose 

 undisturbed on a soft bed of 

 M\'rtle and inhale the spic\' frag- 

 rance of the sweet herbs and the 

 pure sea air. The loveh' Ophrys 

 Dertolonii (Fig. p. 313) with the "wee 

 bird looking at itself in a glass'' grew in 

 great numbers in the new park, and on 

 the roadside was the singular Tragopogon 

 australis (Fig. p. 403) a plant verv like 

 our Salsit\', with dark violet, terminal Tuu^a ciusia 



