PRIM'ULA MARGINA'TA. 
SILVER-EDGED PRIMROSE. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PRIMULACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. ' 
Introduced 
Switzerland 
.3 inches. 
Mar. April, j 
Perennial. 
1 in 1777. 
No. 707. 
The meaning of the word Primula has been 
lately noticed. The silver-margined leaves, al- 
luded to in the specific name, will readily distin- 
guish this species. 
The plant of which we now give a figure is not 
very common, although it has been so long intro- 
duced to this country, where it was received from 
the European Alps. Very many of the interesting 
plants — natives of the same lofty locality as our 
Primula marginata, it is exceedingly difficult to 
keep in a healthy state. In winter they hare snow 
as a protection against excessive frost, and in sum- 
mer, clouds, or at least a cool atmosphere, which 
never exhausts their juices like the summer heat of 
even more northerly climates. Our Primula is, 
however, perfectly hardy, but should have a shady 
situation in summer. 
If the Primula marginata be planted in the bor- 
der, the soil should be light, and it will be still the 
more suitable with a mixture of peat. If kept in 
pots, a mixture of sand, loam, and peat, should 
be used. The plants should be re-potted in spring 
or autumn. 
Hort. Kew'. 2, v. I, 309. 
