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JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTTrULTTIRATi SOCTF-TY. 



Potato Sprayingr. By A. H. Hay ward {Agr. Oaz. N.S.W., 

 January 1910, pp. 63, 64). — The cost of spraying two acres of potatos 

 with Bordeaux mixture, including wages and materials, amounted to 

 9s.—S. E. W, 



Primulas, Asiatic. By E. W. {Oester. Gart. Zeit. vol. v. 

 pts. 1 & 2, pp. 21-24, 69-73; 2 figs.).— The following table shows the 

 native habitat and the date of introduction into European cultivation 

 of the Asiatic Primulas: — 



P. sinensis . 



. 1820 



Central China. 



P. Sieboldii . 



1860-70 



Central China. 



P. cortusoides 



. 1794 



From the Western Urals to the 







Altai. 



P. dentata 



. 1819 



Garden form of above. 



P. saxatilis . 



. 1838 



Amur. 



P. obconica . 



. looO 



East Tibet, Hupeh, Sichuen, and 







Ichang in China. 



P. mollis 



. 1854 



Bhutan. 



P. Kaufmanniana . 



. 1874 



Turkestan, 



P. filipes 



. 1882 



E. Himalaya, Sikkim, Yunnan 



P. Olarkei . 



. 1882 



E. Himalaya, Sikkim, Yunnan. 



P. vaginata . 



. 1882 



E. Himalaya, Sikkim, Yunnan. 



P. Listeri 



. 1882 



E. Himalaya, Sikkim, Yunnan. 



P. geranii folia 



. 1882 



E. Tibet. 



P. septemloba 





Yunnan, Sichuen. 



P. heucherifolia 



. 1886 



E. Tibet, Yunnan. 



P. oreodoxa . 







P. blattariformis . 



. 1887 



Yunnan. 



P. pycnoloba . 



. 1891 



Sichuen. 



P. chartacea . 



,. 1895 



Sichuen. 



P. polyneura . 



. 1895 



Sichuen. 



P. cinerascens 



. 1895 





P. neurocalyx 



. 1895 



Central China. 



P. barbicalyx 



. 1896 



Yunnan. 



P. Ptosthornii 



. 1899 



Sichuen. 



P. violodora . 



. 1902 



Hupeh. 



P. Paxiana 



. 1904 



Kiao Chao. 



P. jesoana 



. 1866 



Japan. 



P. kisoana 



. 1866 



Japan. 



P. Eeinii 



. 1866 



Japan. 



P. tosaensis . 



. 1890 



Japan. 



P. Forbesii . 



. 1891 



Shan States and Yunnan. 



P. malacoides 



. 1886 



Yunnan. 



P. androsacea 



. 1905 





P. gemmifera 





Kansu. 



P. verticillata 



. 1775 



Belucliistan, S. Arabia, Sinai. 



P. Boveana . 



. 1844 



■Sinai. 



P. florihnnda 



. 1824-6 



W. HinvilnvFi. Afefhnnistan, 



