SPECIALITIES. 
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SEED PEOM PRIZE STRAINS. 
10 PRIMULA SINENSIS PIMBRIATA PILIOIPOLIA ALBA ■) 
11 PRIMULA SINENSIS PIMBRIATA PILIOIPOLIA RUBRA > These 
12 PRIMULA SINENSIS PIMBRIATA PILIOIPOLIA, MIXED) 
beautiful varieties of the Pern-leaved section possess most elegantly fringed edges, 
and having been procured from the most reliable source, are offered with the greatest 
confidence. 2s. 6d. per packet. 
Frmn Mr. C. Smith, Gardener to Sir A. E. 
Guinness, Bart., Clonlarf, Dublin. 
“ I was much pleased with all the Primula seed 
I got from you, they are truly superb. The 
Jilicifolia alba and rubra are most remarkable ; 
the foliage is exquisite, with flowers so well thrown 
up above.” 
From- Mr. H. Morgan, Gardener to Col. Lane, 
Broad Oak, BexMll. 
“ The Primula seed (Fern-leaved) turned out 
distinct and beautiful, its habit close and com- 
pact, flowers all a florist could wish ; our 
ladies have been wearing the leaflets with Eujdwr- 
biajacquinioafloraoa liead-dresses, in preference to 
maiden-hair Fem.” 
From Mr. T. B. Wilson, The Gardens, Claydon 
Park, IFimlow. 
“1 consider your strain of Primula first class, 
I could not wish for better.” 
Fro7!i Mr. W. Hanson, The Gardens, Marion 
Hall, Middlesborough. 
“I consider your Primula an excellent strain, 
they are very robust in growth, and scud up 
immense trusses of bloom. " 
From Air. W. Kilgouii, The Gardens, Edgehill, 
near Aberdeen. 
“ Your Primula is, in my opinion, very superior, 
especially the coloured ones.” 
From Air. G. F. Reeser, Florist, Innis/allen, 
Springfield, U.S.A. 
“ Please send traile packet of Primula sinensis 
fimhiata, that received last year was veiy good. ” 
From Air. W. Harrison, Gardener to T. S. 
Taylor, Esq., Leicester Frith, Leicester. 
“Your Fern-leaved Primula was, when in 
bloom, the most beautiful of any variety I ever 
had." 
From Air. J. Lewis, Newtown Nursery, Malvern. 
“ The Primulas from seed I had from you last 
year were splendid.” 
From Mr. S. Hyslop, Gardener to John AIus- 
ORAVE, Esq., “ Ferns," Bolton. 
“ Primula seed had from you has always turned 
out well, last year remarkably so, the question 
asked by every gardener who has seen them is. 
Where did you get the seed ? ” 
From Air. Frederick King, Nurseryman, 
Lincoln. 
“The Primula seed I had from you was very 
good." 
From Air. W. English, Gardener to Stowell 
Werd, Esq., liiehmond Hill, Dublin. 
“ Your Primula seed produced extremely fine 
lants and flowers, many of the single blooms 
eing nearly the size of a crown piece. Enclosed 
1 send you a specimen of them. ” 
From Mr. J. AIosley, Nurseryman, Halliwell, 
Bolton. 
“ The Primula seed I had of you last year has 
turned out remarkably good. ” 
From Air. Keag, The Gardens, Stagsha/m House, 
Corbridge-on- Tyne. 
“ The Primulas from your seed are a splendid 
strain.” 
From C. Jackson, Esq., Melbourne, Fictoria. 
“The seeds I had from you last year I am 
happy to say turned out well, especially 
Pmnula, Calceolaria, and Cineraria.” 
Extract from “ GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE,” Feb. 8tb, 1879, p. 178. 
Pri mul a sinensis flm briata. — We have received from Air. W. Bull samples of his 
prize strains of fringed Chinese Primrose, which are of excellent quality, and afford considerable choice 
ot variety. The ordinarjr forms, alba and rubra, are equal to any which have been sent to us, being 
lar^e, stout, and ^ely fringed, the crimson high coloured and the white pure, each with a distinct 
yellow eye. Similar in size and Quality is kcrniesina splendcns, the coloui’ of which is of a very attrac* 
tive carmine rose shade. One called lilacina alba-marginata is a deep lilac with jiale eye and narrow 
white border, very distinct, as also is alba lutco-oculata, which is remarkable for its substance, and 
has the yellow eye extencling over Imll the diameter of the flower, giving an entirely novel character, 
xjoth the^ ara quite outeido the iisunl types of Chinese Primulas. One named Village Maid is a flne 
mle sort flushed with pink, and here and tliera striped with rosy cannine. Two doubles complete the 
batch, these being especially desirable to cut from, as they do not drop their flowers like the single 
ones, ^hey have a corolla of the usual form, with a tuft of petaloid bodies springing from the eye ; 
one called rubra Jlorc pleno is of a bright magenta rose, the o^er kermesina sidendens jiorc pleno, of a 
bnlliant carmine red. They are altogether a remarkably flne lot. ” 
