ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
cold frame in March or April, or by division in spring; P. verticillata 
& P. floribunda by seeds sown as advised for P. sinensis, also by division 
after flowering; primrose & polyanthus by seeds sown on surface of 
light sandy soil, slightly covered in could frame in March or April; or 
outdoors in shady position in April, likewise by division after flowering. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: P. floribunda, yellow, spring, 6 in., Himalayas; 
kewensis, yellow, spring, 6 to 12 in., hybrid; obconica, lilac, spring, 6 to 8 in., 
China; sinensis (Chinese Primrose), various colours, winter and spring, 6 to 9 in., 
China; verticillata, yellow, spring, 12 to 18 in., Arabia. 7 . 
HARDY SPECIES: P. auricula (Aunicula) various colours, 6 in., Europe; 
variabilis (Polyanthus), various, spring, 6 in., hybrid; vulgaris (Primrose), various, 
spring, G in., Europe (Britain); elatior (Oxlip), yellow, 6 to 8 in., Britain; 
Allionii, mauve, April, rockery, sandy soil, Mentone; alpina, hybrid, violet-purple, 
May, rockery, sandy soil; altaica, Altai Mountains, mauve with yellow eye, 
rockery, sandy loam; capitata, Himalayan species, wrinkled foliage, violet-purple 
or blue flowers, autumn, partially shaded rockery, moist loam; clusiana, Tyrol, 
rose, April and May, 6 to 9 in., rockery, loamy soil; cortusoides, Siberia, 6 to 
10 in., rose, June, sunny rockery or border, light, rich loam; denticulata, Hima- 
layas; 8 to 12 in., bright lilac, May to June, sunny rockery or border, rich, well- 
manured loam; cashmeriana, violet-purple, April and May; alba, white, and 
pulcherrima, dark lilac, are pretty varieties of it; elwesiana, Sikkim, purple, 
June, partially shaded rockery, loam and leaf-mould; farinosa (Bird’s Eye Prim- 
rose), British species, lilac with yellow eye, June and July, 6 in., rockery, loam 
and peat, moist; floribunda, Himalayan species, golden-yellow, summer, 4 to 8 in., 
rockery, ordinary soil; Forbesii, China, rosy purple with orange-white eye, March 
to June, warm rockery, sandy loam and leaf-mould, hardy in mild districts only; 
glutinosa, Tyrol, bluish purple, June, rockery, sandy loam and peat, moist; grandis, 
Caucasus, yellow, summer, 9 in., rockery, loam and leaf-mould; involucrata, 
Himalayas, creamy white, yellow centre, March to June, 6 in., moist border, loam 
and peat; integrifolia, Pyrenees, rose, April to June, rockery, moist loam; 
japonica, Japan, crimson, June, 1 to 2 ft., partially shady moist borders, deep, 
rich loam (alba a pretty white variety); latifolia, Pyrenees, violet, fragrant, June, 
4 to 6 in., sunny rockery, sandy peat and loam; marginata, Switzerland, lilac, 
April and May, 2 to 4 in., rockery, moist sandy loam; minima, S. Europe, rose 
or white, June, 2 in., rockery, moist sandy loam; Parryi, Rocky Mountains, purple, 
yellow centre, spring, 6 to 12 in., shady rockery or bed, moist sandy loam and 
peat; pubescens, a Eypria, rosy crimson, April, 3 to 6 in., rockery, moist loam; 
(alba, Syn. P. nivalis, is a rare and pretty white variety of the latter); purpurea, 
Nepaul, purple, March to June, 6 to 8 in., sunny rockery or border, sandy loam 
and leaf-mould; rosea, Kashmir, rosy carmine, yellow centre, spring, 4 to 6 in., 
partially shady rockery or bed, moist loam and leaf-mould; Sieboldi (Syn. P. 
ameena), Japan, rose with white cye, April and May, 6 to 12 in., partially shady 
bed, well-manured sandy loam and leaf-mould; sikkimensis, Sikkim, pale yellow, 
drooping, fragrant, May and June, 18 in. to 2 ft., shady beds or margin of water, 
deep, moist peat and leaf-mould; spectabilis, Eastern Alps, rosy purple, July, 
3 in., sunny rockery, sandy loam and leaf-mould; Stuarti, N. India, golden-yellow, 
summer, 9 to 15 in., shady rockery or bed, moist sandy loam and leaf-mould; 
viscosa (Syn. P. villosa), a Pyrenean species, rosy purple with white eye, spring, 
4 in., shady rockery, sandy loam, peat, and leaf-mould. 
Prince’s-Feather (Amaranthus hypochondriacus).—See Ama- 
ranthus. 
Pritchardia.—Ord. Palmacee. Stove palms. Orn. foliage. 
First introduced 1870. Leaves more or less fan-shaped, green. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts peat & one part of loam & sand. 
Position, well-drained pots in light part of stove. Pot, Feb. to April. 
Water moderately, Oct. to March; freely afterwards. Syringe twice 
daily, March to Sept.; once daily, Sept. to March. Temp., March to 
Sept. 65° to 75°; Sept. to March 55° to 65°. Propagate by seeds 
ae xin. deep in light rich soil in temp. 80° to 90°, Feb., March or 
pril. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED : P. aurea, 4 to 10 ft., Fiji; Martii, 4 to 10 ft., Sand- 
Walt Llanes Thurstoni, 4 to 10 ft., Fiji; Vuylstekiana, 4 to 10 ft., Potomon 
Privet (Ligustrum vulgare’.—See Ligustrum, 
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