SPECIALITIES, 
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SEED PROM PRIZE STRAINS. 
27 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA FILICIFOLIA ALBA Y 
28 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA FILICIFOLIA RUBRA V These 
29 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA FILICIFOLIA, MIXED) 
varieties of the Pern-leaved section possess elegantly fringed edges, and are offered 
with the greatest confidence. 2s. Gd. per packet. 
From Mr. C. Smith, Gardener to the Rt. Hon. 
Lord Ardilaun, Clonlarf, Dublin. 
“I was much pleased with all the Primula seed 
I got from you ; they are truly superb. The 
filicifolia alba and rubra are most remarkable ; 
the foliage is exquisite, with flowers so well 
thrown up above.'" 
From Mr. "W. Hanson, The Gardens, Marlon 
Ilall, MiddJcsborouejh. 
“ I consider your Primula an excellent strain ; 
they are very robust in growth, and send up im- 
mense trusses of bloom." 
From Mr. W. Kilciouk, The Gardens, Edgehill, 
near Aberdeen. 
“ Your Primula is, in my opinion, very superior, 
especially the coloured ones. " 
From Mr. H. Moiuian, Gardener to Col. Lane, 
Broad Oak, Bexldll. 
“The Primula seed (Fern-leaved) turned out 
distinct and beautiful, its habit close and com- 
pact, flowers all a florist could wish for ; ma- 
ladies have been wearing the leaflets with Euphor- 
bia Jacquinufiora as head-dress, in preference to 
maiden-hair Fern.” 
From Mr. W. English, Gardener lo Stowfxl 
Wear, Esq., Richmond Hill, Dublin. 
“ Your Primula seed produced extremely fine 
plants and flowers, many of the single blooms 
being nearly the size of a crown piece.” 
From Mr. ,1. Mosley, Nurseryman, Ilalliwcll, 
Bolton. 
“ The Primula seed I had of you last year has 
turned out remarkably good. ” 
From Mr. Keao, The Gardens, Stagshaw House, 
Corbridge-on- Tyne. 
“The Primulas from your soed are a splendid 
strain." 
From Mr. W. Harrison, Gardener to T. S. 
Taylor, Esq., Leicester Frith, Leicester. 
‘ 1 Your Fern-leaved Primula was the most 
beautiful of any variety I ever had.” 
From Mr. J. Lewis, Newtown Nursery, Malvern. 
“ The Primulas from seed I had from you last 
year were splendid.” 
From Mr. S. Hyslop, Gardener to John Mus- 
grave, Esq., “ Ferns," Bolton. 
“The Primulas we had from your seed were 
really fine.” 
30 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA ALBA LUTEO-OCULATA.— 
A distinct variety splendidly fringed white flower, with large yellow eye, petals of 
great substance. 2s. Gd. per packet. 
31 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA KERMESINA SPLENDENS. 
— A fine variety, with rich crimson-coloured flowers. Is. Gd. and 2s. Gd. per packet'. 
32 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA MARGINATA LILACEA. 
Highly recommended ; lilac, with white border. 2s. Gd. per packet. 
33 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA VILLAGE MAID.— White 
striped with rosy carmine. 2s, Gd. per packet. 
34 PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA PICTURATA.-Lilac spotted 
on purplish rose ground, with large yellow centre. 2s. Gd. per packet. 
Extract from “GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE,” Feb. 8th, 1879, p. 178. 
Primula sinensis fimbriata. — We have received from Mr. W. Bull samples of his 
prize strains of fringed Chinese Primrose, which are of excellent quality, and afford considerable 
choice of variety. The ordinary forms, alba and rubra, are equal to any which have been sent to us 
being Inigo, stout, and finely iiingcd, the crimson bigh coloured and the white pure, cacli with a 
distinct yellow eye. Similar in size and quality is kermesina splendcns, the colour of which is of a 
very attractive carmine-rose shade. One called lilacina albo marginata is a deep lilac with pale eye 
and narrow white border, very distinct, as also is alba lutco-oculajja, which is remarkable lor its sub- 
stance, and has the yellow eye extending over half the diameter of the flower, giving an entirely 
novel character. Both these are quite outside the usual types of Chinese Primulas. One named 
Village Maid is a fine pale sort flushed with pink, and here and there striped with rosy carmine. Two 
doubles complete the batch, these being especially desirable to cut from, as they do not drop their 
flowers like, the singlo ones, they have a corolla of the usual form, with a tuft of petaloid bodies 
springing from the eye. ; one called rubra fibre plena is of a bright magenta-rosc, the other kermesina 
splendcns florc plcno, of a brilliant carmine-red. They are altogether a remarkably fine lot.” 
