The Greenhouse and Frame 
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some distance from the glass, after which they should be 
gradually brought into the light. 
Primula sinensis. — This pretty, free-flowering plant 
should be grown in all greenhouses. It is a little difficult, 
perhaps, to cultivate, owing to its tender growth. 
The plants should 
be raised from seed 
each year, the first 
sowing being made 
early in March. The 
compost used should 
consist of 3 parts of 
loam, i part well- 
rotted leaf mould, and 
i part of sand. The 
seedling pots or pans 
must be thoroughly 
drained, with moss or 
half- decayed leaves 
placed over the crocks, 
after which they may 
be filled up to within 
i in. of the top with Primula sinensis 
the compost. A 
sprinkling of sand should be put on and pressed down 
level, after which it should be watered, and left to drain. 
The seed should then be sown thinly and covered with 
j in. compost — half-sand and half-soil. The seed pot or 
pan should then be placed in a warm part of the green- 
house, and covered with a piece of glass and also a piece 
of brown paper to prevent evaporation and the necessity 
