great precision, and here an error in the reference 
numbers occurs. In the description, No. 6, which 
should he numbered 5, conformably with the cut, he 
says “ The leaues of this Primrose are very large, 
and like vnto the single kind, but somewhat larger, 
because it groweth in gardens : the flowers doe 
stand euery one seuerally vpon slender long foote- 
stalkes, as the single kinde doth, in greenish huskes 
of a pale yellow colour, like vnto the field Primrose, 
but very thicke and double, and of the same sweete 
sent with them.” 
The double yellow Primrose is less hardy, and, 
consequently, less common than the double white ; 
although, in some gardens, it flourishes without 
much attention. The double crimson is still more 
tender than the yellow, whilst the double lilac 
flourishes with less care than even the single yellow 
from the hedge banks, and, consequently is abun- 
dant in our cottage gardens. 
The prevailing error in the culture of plants of 
this family, is the exposure of them in borders 
which have no shade from the hot summer sun. 
After they have flowered, when they should make 
their chief growth for the year, they require shade 
and moisture, and should occupy either a north or 
east border. The roots of the tender varieties are 
so susceptible of injury from heat, that if they be 
cultivated in pots, the pots should be plunged in the 
earth, the better to secure them against irregularity 
of temperature and moisture, A fresh, rather light 
loam, mixed with an equal quantity of leaf mould, 
is the soil most suitable to these plants. Unlike 
the Auricula, they never require rich manures. 
