PRIMULAS HARDY AND HALF-ifARD¥ 



PnrtluiA Kewensis (Giant §titt€l*Cup.i!. fhts plant is a 



• — '■ T»- r — strOiig grower, 



with bright green leaves ancf numerous e'f'ect ftnver-scapeS lOtoiS 

 inches in height, producing flov'fi'rs in whorfs at intervals along their 

 whole length. The flowers are fr>ls?Vant. bVigftf i-ellOTV ih color, With 

 ^ slender tube and spreading limb i*eai-ly an incVi' in' diahieter. A§ a 

 •jr inter-flowering decorative plant it is~an'acquisitibM-'- v^ery florife'*-- 

 'Otjs when in a small state. J'^pkt. 60 ct'y. plkt. $1. 



Primula Kewensis, var. Farnio^ CVeitch). 



' , . ffelec- 



tiaa obtained from the beautiful Primula K-eirensis. The" Stfems 

 and foliage, being elegantly covered with a siU'erv white poWder, 

 make it a most charnring and effective variety. The plant is of* the 

 same strong growth and habit as the tvpe, with riliiTierous fragrant' 

 bright yellow flowers. P^kt. 75 cts. 



Primula pulverulenta. I" ^"f^ foliaae it resembles r. 



^ — Japonica, but differ-^ in having 

 larger and more richly colored flowers, and in hariiig'the flower 

 stems and calyces thickly coated with a white farina or meal. From 

 a horticu'kural standpoint this peculiarity renders the plant; remark- 

 ably distinct, and also serves fo emphasize the deep putpfe-fnaroon 

 -color of the flowers. Pkt. 75 cts. 



Primula VeitcfeiL species introduced from Western 



^Ghina, where it otciir.'? at el(^Vations of from 



S'.ooo to 10,000 feet, on cli'ffs and dry banks, apt>V6i^x.'-hiug the well- 

 known Primula corlusoiafs in foliage and h&bit, tAf it, finer and 

 more robust species. Tlie lea'\^^ have a dark green. slV^WlV pubes- 

 cent upper surface, the under surface being covered wi^lV a dense 

 white tonientuif>. The flowers pi'fVdticed in an umbel of P6'to 20 

 , blooms, terminat'i'ng a scape some V^- fb 14 inches high, are abcMit an 

 ' inch in diameter, 6i deep rose-color witlV aii orange ring surrodnd-' 

 iftg the yellow moutlV'of the tube. Hardy fiferennial. Pkt. 75 cts. 



... . . . Pkt. 



Primnla acaulis. FiriSst' large-flowered. Dark vellow 5o 25 



Auricula. Mi.xed , 25 



Cortusoides amoena (.=^ieboldii). Deep plhk 50 



Denticulata. Lavender 25 



" alba. \Vh1te 25 



Elatior. Yellow 25 



Vulgaris I English Yellow), Yellow %(rz. $oc. . . 25 



Japonica. Pure white ; 25 



^'osea. Rose ; 25 



Vei-is aurea. Yellow 25 



For ^her hardy Praiitulas, see PoIysflttitW 



