FEBRUARY. 



39 



PRIMULA PRiENITENS, FLORA ALBA. 



PrimulacejE. 

 Class, Pentandria. Order, Monogynia. 



Native of China, 1820. — Propagation, seeds and 

 division. 



This charming plant requires to be raised from 

 seed, which should be sown in March. The young 

 plants should be potted into thumb pots as soon as 

 they will admit of removal, and shifted during the 

 summer months until they are sufficiently grown 

 for No. 24. The soil adapted for them is leaf 

 mould and loam of equal proportions: they will 

 flower in the autumn ; but those which you wish 

 to blossom in this and the following spring months, 

 you must keep back by pinching off the flower 

 stems as they appear : by this process an abund- 

 ance of bloom will be produced at this season of 

 the year. 



If planted out in a bed in the flower-garden, 

 they have a beautiful appearance, and are very 

 ornamental in the autumnal months. 



VIBURNUM, OPULIS. THE GUELDER ROSE. 



Class, Pentandria. Order, Trigynia. 



Caprifoliaceje. 

 Native of Britain. — Propagation, suckers. 

 Treatment, see Syringa, except that the time 

 of placing in heat must be in December. 



