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difolia, which grows about a foot high and has a blue flower, is also 

 a fine species. There is a white variety of it (fig. 726), which is 

 a desirable plant. C. hirsuta (fig. 727) is a creeping plant with hairy 

 leaves. C. garganica is a really valuable plant for the rockeries ; and 

 there are many other species which it is desirable to grow in the 

 alpineries, but which I do not consider it requisite to describe. C. 

 speculum is also called Venus's Looking-glass. 



Fig. 726. — C. rotundifolta. 



Fig. 727. — C hirsuta. 



Fig. 728. — ^Abyssinian Primrose* 



The Primulas are an extensive genus of plants, of which we grow 

 several species. I have tried Primula denticulata, but it has not 

 lived out of doors. I have also tried the Abyssinian Primrose (fig. 728), 

 but with what success I cannot as yet tell. The beautiful P. amcena 

 cortusoides (fig. 729) likewise does not thrive well with me. 



Fig. 730.— p. villosa. Fig. 731.— P. auricula. 



Fig. 729. — Primula cortusoides. 



Another species (fig. 730), the name of which has been determined 

 to be the Primula villosa, does well. I found it in quantity in the 

 month of May on the Italian side of the St. Gothard Pass, lighting 



