186 “ QUEEN OP THE PRIMROSES.” Chap, XI. 
of a rich magenta colour, were arranged in tiers, 
one above another, on a spike nearly two feet 
in height. It was beyond all question the most 
beautiful species of the genus to which it belongs, 
and will, I doubt not, henceforth take its place as 
the “ Queen of the Primroses.” 
