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Caimcll & Songs’ Complete Seed Guide. 
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CANNELLS’ PRIMULAS. 
if siFulns aie well Kqowq to De tie lest li tie wotiD. 
Awarded the Highest Diplomas for our Varieties at 
the Chicago Exhibition. 
Come and See 
OUR PRIMULAS AT SWANLEY. 
MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AWARDED TO US AT CHICAGO. 
Awarded a Silver Gilt-Medal for' a Collection of Plants, and a Certificate 
of Merit for the Strains. 
For other valuable cultural rejuarks, see Cyclamen, Calceolarias, and Cinerarias. 
It is Tvell known that our collection, solely for seeding purposes, is the 
choicest in the world, and are throughout the Winter a sigl^t worth seeing, 
for the new kinds possess such brilliancy of colour th^t ijhe^ totally eclipse 
the older ordinary rose-coloured varieties ; were it needed, we could append 
numerous extracts from every llortieultiiral Journal and other testimonials 
{Hee Report of the Royal Ilorticnlttu'al Floral Committee Meetings.) 
HOW TO GROW PRIMULAS. 
e OW the seed in May, and again in June, on a level 
surface of soil, copiposed of two parts rotten 
turfy loam, one of partly rotten leaf mould, one of 
decayed cow-manure, and a small quantity of sea- 
sand j this mixture of soil will do for all growths 
and potting. Ju.st cover over the seed with some 
‘ light mateHal (sifted cocoa-nnt' fibre is the best), 
water lightly, but thoroughly, place in total dark- 
ness, and in a few days, examine and give light and 
air'; 'the moment the Seed-leaves appeat gradually 
' 'expose^ and prick out, as soon as they can be handled, 
I into small pots; shade, and at all times keep them 
as near the gla^s as possible (a cpld frame is the 
best jilaCe up to thb first 'cool weather in Septemiter), 
slightly shade from hot sun, and as soon as the 
. roots make their appearance in , the drainage-hole 
shift into 5 or (j-inen pots; be careful that this is 
• done in a clean s'kiiful'nlaniier, by not'dirtyifig the 
, foliage nop in jniing. the. nihts; pot 'firmly, press- 
ing, the soil dowi^ as tightly as you can with the 
' forefin^et'; be hure’ th'at- the 'sbil is' 'neither too 
■iwet nor too dry ; sprinkle well, and i shade; and 
shut up rather closely for a few days ; water with 
perfectly clear rain-water; and as soon as the 
plants show the flower-stem give them weak liquid 
manure once a week, and all the moisture yon can 
' without creating any damp or mould ; keep in a 
I temperature of from 50" to fiOf* and! one legular 
; raOistare at the root is the great secret -of success, 
so tha^t the soil never shows the least crack or 
vacanoy round' tbe'iiisUIo of the ])OP; if .this is 
allowed' toVoefenr, vigour is gone -for -the season. 
Often seedsmen and nurserymen are blamed for 
, pending wrong and inferior kinds; anfl-thoir'engrav.' 
ings and descriptions set down as puff.' ; ■ i . 
CASSELLS PRIMULA PYKAMIUAUS AI.HA 
