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PRIMULA VERIS. 



VARIOUS-COLOURED COWSLIP OR 

 POLYANTHUS. 



Class, PENTANDRIA. Order, MONOGYNIA. 

 Natural Order, PRIMULACE^. 



The polyanthus, in the structure of its roots, 

 tuber, stem, leaves, and mode of flowering, re- 

 sembles its sister the auricula; and it is as much 

 a production of art. Being naturally a native of 

 moist woods and meadows, is much hardier, and 

 better suited to the soil and climate of British 

 gardens, than the auricula. It differs, moreover, 

 in being a variety only, and not, like the other, 

 a distinct species. 



Its propagation, whether from seeds or offsets, 

 and its cultivation, either as a bed or stage flower, 

 is, in almost all respects, similar to the auricula* 



