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PRIMULA VULOARIS. -— POLIANTHES. 
PRIMULA VULGARIS, (or polyanthus.) 
Is another pretty Spring plant, and hardy enough 
to live in the garden through winter, if protected by a 
covering of straw. It however makes a pretty pot 
flower, if taken up in the fall, and potted in any good 
sandy soil, and kept in a greenhouse or room window ; 
when in flower, it should be watered freely, and kept 
a little in the shade. In summer they may be planted 
out in the garden. The Polyanthus, Daisy, and Vio¬ 
let will live through winter, if not much exposed to 
the sun, and covered over with straw, early in the fall. 
A bed filled with those plants near the house would 
be very pretty in Spring, as they flower very early ; 
and if some Dodecatheons are planted in amongst 
them, it would improve the general appearance. 
POLIANTHES, (or tuberose.) 
The Tuberose, is a bulbous plant with bright green 
linear leaves. The flower stem rises three or four 
feet high, terminating in a spike of white flowers of 
great fragrance. There are two species, and one va¬ 
riety cultivated, viz: — the P. tuberose, with a single 
white flower, and P. flora plena, a double variety, 
which is most generally cultivated; the P. gracilis, a 
pale yellow flowering species from Brazil, is more ten¬ 
der, and should be grown in pots. 
