»88 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part II. 



PEIMUIiA LATIFOLIA. — Broad-leaved Primrose. 



A VERY handsome and fragrant Primrose, with from two to 

 twenty violet flowers in a head, borne on a stem about twice as long 

 as the leaves, or sometimes more ; the leaves slightly and distantly 

 toothed, both the surfaces and the margins being covered with 

 glandular hairs. This is less viscid, larger, and more robust than 

 the better knowti P. viscosa of the Alps, the leaves sometimes 

 attaining a length of four inches and a breadth of nearly two. 

 It grows to a height of from four to eight inches, flowers in early 

 summer, comes from the Pyrenees, the Alps of Dauphiny, and 

 various mountain chains in Southern Europe, and in a pure air 

 will thrive on sunny slopes of rockwork in sandy peat, with 

 plenty of moisture during the dry season, and perfect drainage 

 in winter. It, like P. viscosa, will bear frequent division ; and it 

 may also be well and easily grown in cold frames or pits. 



PRIMULA XiO'NGiTPl^O'RK.— Long-flowered Primrose- 



Related to our Bird's-eye Primrose, but distinct from it, and 

 considerably larger than those of the best varieties of that species ; 

 the lilac tube of the flower being more than an inch long, which 

 immediately distinguishes it. It is not at all difficult to cultivate 

 on rockwoi'k or in pots, and the treatment and position recom- 

 mended for Primula farinosa will suit it perfectly. In colour it 

 is deeper than the Bird's-eye Primrose, and is. a native of Austria. 



PEIMULA 'iilLKRaiNA.IA..— Margined Primrose. 



One of the most attractive of the family, and readily distin* 

 guished by the silvery margin on its greyish, toothed, smooth 

 leaves, caused by a dense bed of white dust which lies exactly on 

 the edge of the leaf ; and by its sweet, soft, violet-rose flowers, ap- 

 pearing in April and May. I have grown this plant successfully 

 in the open air in London, and in parts of the country favourable 

 to alpine plants it will prove almost as free as the common Au- 

 ricula. Even when not in flower, the plant is pleasing, from the 

 tone of the margin and surfaces of the leaves. Our wet and 

 green winters are doubtless the cause of this and other kinds 

 becoming rather lanky in the stems after being more than a year 

 or so in one spot. When the stems become long, and emit roots 

 above the surface, it is a good plan to divide the plants, and 



