PRIMULACEAE 
Androsace, the rock jasmines, are high alpine plants; those listed are 
not difficult, preferring sun, well drained moldy soil, warm walls. 
Androsace brigantiaca. % inch; tufts of dark green grass with sprays of 
milk-white flowers. 40c. 
A. carnea Laggeri. Encrustations of moss like foliage; bright pink flow¬ 
ers. 50c. 
A. foliosa. 6 inch; tufts of coarse pale leaves which set off the clusters 
of velvety pink flowers. 50c. 
A. lanuginosa. Prostrate curtains of silvery foliage and umbels of soft 
rose-mauve flowers with yellow eye. From summer till late fall. 25c. 
A. I. Leichtlinii. Similar; white crimson-eyed flowers. 35c. 
A. primuloides. Hairy rosettes; rosy-lilac flowers. 35c. 
A. sarmentosa. Silky rosettes held together by thread-like branches; 
rounded clusters of velvety rose flowers. 25c. 
A. s. Chumbyi. Supposed to be an improvement; very similar. 25c. 
A. s. Watkinsii. Similar with richer flowers. 50c. 
A. sempervivoides. Almost hairless rosettes; flowers rose-pink. 50c. 
A. (Douglasia) Vitaliana. Blue-gray cushions and almost stemless golden 
flowers. Well-drained warm place. Must acquire age and size before 
a sheet of bloom can be expected. 35c. 
A. V. praetutiana. A silvery-leaved form. 50c. 
*Dodecatheon latifolium. Rosettes of thick round spatulate leaves; vin¬ 
ous-red cyclamen-like flowers. 25c. 
Cyclamen (Hardy). From mixed seed; beautiful ground cover plants; 
half shade. $1.00-$1.50. 
*Douglasia laevigata. In the rocks of their mountain home they are open 
prostrate shrubby evergreen growths; under garden conditions they 
make a tuft of slender branches ending in rosettes of crowded leaves; 
rosy pink primroses % inch across cover the mat. 40c. 
Primula Asiatic: 
Primula Florindae. 18 inch; large and stout; umbels of large primrose 
yellow flowers; bog loving. 35c. 
P. Littoniana. 24 inch; rosettes of upward growing hairy leaves; 6-inch 
spikes of purple-lavender flowers with scarlet bracts. Well drained 
rich soil with some shade. 60c. 
Primula nutans. Rosettes of upstanding leaves and mealy spikes of deep 
purple-blue drooping bells. 75c. 
P. pulverulenta Bartley Strain. 18 inch; huge rosettes; tall mealy spikes 
of tiered flowers in soft shade of primrose, pink, and crimson, peach. 
50c. 
P. rosea grandiflora. Rosettes of smooth upstanding foliage; astonishing 
luminous pure carmine flowers with yellow eye develop at th© same 
time as leaves. Easy if given water and deep rich soil. 50c. 
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