The same gentlemen also exhibited an exceedingly dwarf variety, 
called the Fairy , also said to come true from seed; and, when 
we also bear in mind that the new fern-foliaged ones, exhibited 
by Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, possess the same quality, 
may we not reasonably infer that still greater novelties may be 
in store for us] 
In sow ing the seed of the Chinese Primroses, reference will 
of necessity be made as to the period w 7 hen they are desired for 
blooming; those who require them early will sow in the months 
of May and June, while for later-blooming plants, the months 
of August and September will be sufficiently early. As soon as 
the seedling plants are large enough to handle, they should be 
pricked off into small pots separately, and kept in a warm por¬ 
tion of the greenhouse; they will soon make growth, and as 
they increase in size should be shifted into larger pots, using a 
light and rich soil of which leaf-mould forms a large portion, 
and with careful attention to watering, will give a succession of 
bloom during the dreariest months of the year. 
