PRIMULA DEORUM, 



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some 2 inches shorter than the spike. 

 Its colour, afine purplish-violet, is very 

 striking, assuming in different lights a 

 redder or a bluer shade, which is due in 

 part to the transparency of the petals. 

 I had much difficulty in securing the 

 plant, but in the early spring of 1902 

 I was fortunate to get one from Herr 



adding that while perfectly hardy with 

 him he found it a difficult plant to keep 

 in health. By planting at the base of a 

 stone with a broad top sloping towards 

 the plant, it receives more moisture than 

 would otherwise be the case. It has passed 

 the winters practically without protec- 

 tion, savefor a month or two during the 



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PRIMULA DEORUM. (Engraved for " Flora" from a photograph by Mr. J. C. Ruddock, Alnwick.) 



F. Sundermann of Lindau, and at once 

 planted it in sandy loam upon the open 

 rock-garden, in a pocket facing due 

 north and at the foot of a large flat- 

 topped stone. Some years before, Herr 

 Max Leichtlin had kindly told me some- 

 thingas to its habits of growth among the 

 grass of the moist mountain meadows, 



dampest time when I tilted a pane of 

 glass against the stone to ward off heavy 

 rains, though open to the air at either 

 side. To my mind it is a very fine plant, 

 which promises with age to become yet 

 stronger and more beautiful. 



Primula deorum was found by Vele- 

 novsky in 1889, growing at a height of 



