PRIMULA INTEGRIFO'LIA. 
ENTIRE -LEAVED PRIMULA. 
C lass. 
PENTANDRIA . 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PRIM PLACED. 
Native of 
Pyrenees. 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
4 inches. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
Introduced 
in 1798. 
No. 1192. 
The systematic name, Primula ; the English, 
Primrose; the French, Primevere ; the Italian, 
Prima-vera, have each of them a similar significa- 
tion, in allusion to the Primrose being amongst 
the earliest of flowers. 
The Entire-leaved Primrose was first introduced 
to this country by the elder Mr. Loddiges, who 
raised it from seeds which had been sent to him 
from Austria ; and there are few of this interesting 
family less frequently met with. It has much re- 
semblance to the Auricula; and, probably, between 
these species some curious varieties may be ob- 
tained. The various Primulas being, as they are, 
of character so different, offer a wide field for hybri- 
disation. 
Florists who cultivate the Auricula as a show 
flower, possess a section of it which they call ‘seifs,’ 
or ‘alpines,’ which have a one-coloured corolla, and 
with which Primula integrifolia would very well 
assort; and would succeed as regards its culture 
more successfully than by less negligent treatment; 
for, although this plant is a native of the Pyrenees, 
it does not bear border culture without care. 
