CLIBRANS’ LIST OF HERBACEOUS AND ALPINE PLANTS. 
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Primroses (Primula acaulis). 
These charming and exceedingly useful Plants produce bright flowers through the spring. 
The colours comprise lovely shades of deep purple, violet, red, yellows, and whites. They prefer 
a rich, moist, somewhat stiff soil. 
No. 
318 acaulis, the common primrose. 1/- doz., 
6/- 100. 
319 alba, white, single. 4d. each, 3/- 
doz. 
320 fl. pi., white. 4d. each, 3/- 
doz. 
326 fl. pi., sulphur. 4d. each, 3/- doz. 
328 6. F. Wilson, exquisite rich deep 
violet, yellow eye. 9d. each. 
No. 
330 acaulis, lilacina fl. pi., lilac. 4d. each, 
3/- doz. 
332 Miss Massey, richest ruby-crimson, 
yellow eye. 3d. each, 2/6 doz. 
336 purpurea fl. pi., purple. 9d. each. 
;Six Primroses in Six varieties, our selection, 
2 /- 
Seedlings of Primula acaulis, grand for spring display in beds, borders, woodland walks, &c. 
Strong transplanted plants, 6/- per 100, 1/- per dozen. Seed, 6d. per packet. 
Primula Sieboldi (cortusoides). 
JAPANESE PRIMULAS. 
A pretty' class of Primulas producing large heads of charmingly fringed flowers ranging from 
white, crimson, mauve, to lavender-blue; splendid for shady border or rock garden. They like 
a light soil with a mixture of leaf soil and decayed manure. As pot plants for a cool house they 
are very suitable. The flowers under glass have a delicacy of tint and beauty seldom seen out of 
doors. 
Purchaser’s Selection, 6d. each ; 4/6 per dozen, excepting those priced. 12 fine varieties, Our 
Selection, 3/- ; 25 plants in 12 sorts, 6/- 
No. 
340 Arthur, light carmine-rose, white centre. 
342 Atlas, red; line variety. 
343 Beauty of Sale, light carmine-violet, white 
eye. 
344 Brilliant, rich, rosy-crimson, dwarf and 
compact. 
346 Daphinis, rose-purple, white star. 
349 Fairy Queen, white, lilac reverse. 
350 General Gordon, light pink, distinct and 
beautiful. 
355 Harry Leigh, lilac, white eye, good truss. 
360 Lurley, carmine-lilac. 
361 Maiden’s Blush, flesh-white, large curled 
flowers. 
363 maxima, a fine form of grandillora, purer 
in colour. 
365 Miss Nellie Barnard, bright crimson, 
fimbriated. 
367 Miss Nellie Ware, interior white, reverse 
deep rose, veined delicate rose, deeply 
fringed, free. 1/- each. 
No. 
369 Mrs. Geggie, clear rosy-pink, fringed, 
grand. 
371 Mrs. Ryder, blush-white; large waxy 
flowers. 
374 Princess Beatrice, white, lilac reverse, 
prettily curled petals. 
376 Purple Queen, rich purple; distinct. 
379 Queen of Whites, waxy-white. 9d. each. 
384 rosea alba, erect flowers. 
387 rosea striata, rose, veined white on inside 
of petals; very fine. 
390 Sirius, rich crimson-scarlet, with a white 
eye. 
392 Venus, white and lilac, free. 
394 Victor, rosy-red, large, good form and 
habit, showy. 
398 Ware’s White, pure white, long stalks; 
free. 9d. each. 
401 William Clibran, lilac, with white centre. 
Primulas. 
Species and Varieties. 
The plants under this heading usually succeed best in a mixture of loam, peat and broken 
stones. Those marked (*) are well adapted for moist, shady places. 
No. 
*406 capitata, foliage covered with yellow 
farina, flowers rich violet-blue, yellow 
eye, distinct. 6d. each. 
cortusoides. (See above). 
No. 
*410 denticulata, bluish-lilac, free, a fine 
spring bedding plant. 4d. each, 3/- 
doz. 
*411 alba, grand for greenhouse or 
permanent planting in moist shade. 
6d. each. 
