PRIM ULA AMtE'NA. 
PLEASING PURPLE PRIMROSE. 
Class. 
I’BNTANDKIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Sutural Order. 
PRIMULACE*. 
Native of 
Heigiit. 
Flowers in 
Duration, 
Introd need 
Caucasus. 
3 inches. 
Apr. & May. 
Perennial. 
in 1823. 
No. 850. 
Primula, see No. 1 for derivation, &c. 
We here indulge in the representation of another 
of the prettiest of spring ornaments, — the Primula 
amcena. Its first introduction to this country was 
from St. Petersburg, into Dr. Neill’s garden. 
Canon 3Iills, Edinburgh. 
Dr. Graham says, (Bot. Mag. 3252) “In its 
native station — the Caucasian Alps, it is described 
by Marschall Bieberstein, its discoverer, as having 
an umbel with from three to ten flowers ; and a 
variety is noticed by Bieberstein in which the 
scape is wanting, the pedicels being all radical 
and single-flowered ; another analogy if any were 
wanting, to confirm the opinion, that there is 
no specific distinction between Primula vulgaris 
and Primula elatior — our common Primrose and 
Oxlip.” This latter subject we have mentioned 
under No. 60. 
Primula amcena is at present scarce ; its increase 
having been chiefly effected by division of its roots ; 
seeds may, however, be obtained by attention to 
their fertilization. It may be grown in pots or the 
borders, in light loam. 
Bot. Mag. 3252. 
