PRIM'ULA CORTUSOI'DES. 
CORTUSA-LEAYED PRIMROSE. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
# Natural Order. 
PRIMOLACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Siberia. 
5 inches. 
May, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1794. 
No. 156. 
Primula, from primus, first; in allusion to the 
early flowering- of some of the plants of this family. 
Our wild Primrose, and its varieties, are amongst 
the most attractive first-offerings of spring. Cor- 
tusoides, was adopted by Linneus, from the habit 
of the plant being similar to that of a species of 
Cortusa ; and the termination oides from the Greek 
ei dos, a likeness. 
This is an interesting little plant for a pot, to be 
classed with other alpine subjects that require shade 
in summer, and frame-protection during the severity 
of winter. It continues in flower much longer, 
and is far less tender, than are several of the alpine 
primula tribe. We have seen it flourish in the open 
ground, after exposure to long and intense frost. 
Seeds are sometimes perfected on the Primula 
cortusoides, from which young plants may be raised. 
They should be sown in the spring, on rich light 
earth, and exposed to the morning sun only. Mid- 
day heat is oftentimes fatal to delicate seedlings. 
The roots may, occasionally, be divided; and a 
mixture of sandy peat with fresh red loam forms a 
compost which is very favourable to its growth. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 308. 
