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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



sides these there are Andamanensis, Brewerii, and rubra 

 grandiflora ; these three latter species are exceedingly pretty 

 for suspending in baskets in the greenhouse. They require 

 a light soil, and are increased by cuttings. 



PRIMULA. (Primrose.) 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Flowers inferior ; corolla 

 monopetalous, funnel-shaped, pervious at the orifice; stigma 

 globose ; capsule one-celled. 



Named from primus, the first, the plants being remarkable 

 for flowering very early in the season. The Primrose, Cowslip, 

 etc., need not here be mentioned, as they are seldom or never 

 introduced into the greenhouse, but the Primula Sinensis, 

 or Chinese primrose, is quite deserving of a place in every 

 collection, and is one of the gayest of winter plants ; two 

 or three pots of it will make a show, as the flowers are pro- 

 duced in fine heads when the plant is healthy, and these 

 continue long in great beauty ; there are generally several 

 of them together, and whilst these are expanding, others are 

 rising up to supply their place, and this succession will go 

 on for a great length of time. A pot of this plant just at 

 the time when the flowers are in the greatest beauty is a 



