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Primula Auricula Alpina, Giant Hybrids 
_ *Cashmeriana 
PRIMULA 
This genus contains many species of interesting hardy plants suitable 
for the ruckery, the waterside and the border. No garden or rock garden 
is complete without a liberal planting of all sorts offered. 
Culture. Cashmeriana, cortusoides, denticulata, sikkimensis and Moer- 
heim Hybrids will succeed in good, loamy soil freely mixed with leaf 
mold. Beesiana, japonica, veris and pulverulenta require a damp, rich 
loam freely mixed with leaf mold and peat. All require light shade. The 
latter would be suitable kinds to grow in a bog garden or on the edge of 
ponds. Japonica and sikkimensis also do well planted along the sides of 
damp, shady ditches. Most gardens contain a damp, shady spot, and this 
would be an ideal place for growing hardy Primulas. Plant in early spring 
or early fall, 4 to 6 inches apart. 
*Auricula alpina, Giant Hybrids Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
One of the treasures of the rock garden. The growth is very attractive, 
forming rosettes of thick leaves, sometimes farinose or mealy. The flower 
stalks rise to a height of 6 to 8 inches, bearing heads of bloom of var- 
ious colors; exceedingly fragrant. 
Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Large, globular heads of a pleasing purplish blue shade; prefers a moist, 
shaded or sunny situation. 
*Cashmeriana alba Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00, 100 $40.00 
A white-flowered form of the above. Very rare but as easily grown as 
the purple variety. 
*Cortusoides Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A distinct Siberian species, with soft, wrinkled heart-shaped leaves. 
Flowers in early summer, deep rose; prefers light, rich, well drained soil 
in a sunny position, in border or rockery; 10 inches high. 
*Japonica Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A lovely Primrose, producing long spikes of bloom from crimson to rose 
to almost white. The flowers are in whorls. A mass of these in the bog 
garden or near the pool or stream is a sight to be remembered. 
*Moerheim Hybrids Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A new strain of Hardy Primulas with the constitution of P. japonica, 
resulting from crossing of several. The lovely pastel colors range from 
cream to many shades of yellow, orange, purple, lilac, pink and crimson. 
They are very hardy and prefer a half-shaded position that is fairly 
moist; very unusual. 
Officinalis Mixed Shades (Cowslips) 
Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00; 100 $18.00 
Robust growing plants producing numerous 6-inch stems on top of which 
are carried clusters of small flowers. The colors range from pale yellow 
to copper reddish brown as well as shades of pink. The Cowslips are 
excellent for early blooming, edgings along shady walks, or ground 
covering shady places. 
*Veris Hybrids Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
This strain includes various shades of lilac, purple and violet, as well 
as a wide range of buff, orange, salmon and rich reds of vigorous growth. 
Veris grandiflora Mixed Colors Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
This fine European strain has even larger flowers than those found 
in the Munstead Hybrids. The range of colors also is wide and handsome 
from palest yellow to almost blue. A most unusual mixture. 
*Vulgaris Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
The true old English Primrose with pale yellow flowers. Do not confuse 
with the common veris. 
NEW GIANT PRIMULA VERIS HYBRIDS 
A magnificent strain of large-flowered Primroses introduced by a Euro- 
pean specialist. For 4 years now we have tested and grown these and 
we find them most desirable, worth while and a great improvement over 
the common Veris types now in use. Do not confuse or compare these 
with the Polyanthus or Bunch Primroses. We offer them in four shades, 
practically 100 per cent true to color. Three Doz. 100 
Giant Veris Gentian-Blue Shades ...........$2.00 $6.00 $40.00 
Giant Veris Azure-Blue Shades ............ 2.00 6.00 40.00 
Giant Veris Cream and White Shades ........ 1.50 4.50 30.00 
Giant Veris Yellow and Pale Shades ......... 1.50 4.50 30.00 
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Primula Cortusoides 
PRUNELLA - Self-heal; Heal-all 
A dwarf-growing perennial with salvia-like flowers. The growth is ever- 
green and neat in character, and the flowers are borne in dense spikes. 
Suitable plants for edging or carpeting bare surfaces in shady, moist 
borders or in woodland gardens. 
Culture. Ordinary soil in a moist shady position, as above described. 
Plant in autumn or early spring, 6 inches apart. 
*Grandiflora Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Violet or purple shaded flowers all summer. Fine for the rockery or 
slightly shaded parts of the hardy border. Succeeds in any soil not ex- 
cessively dry. 
PULMONARIA - Lungwort 
A perennial noteworthy for hardiness of growth, freedom in flowering, 
and for its adaptability for growing in shady borders or rock gardens. 
The plants have rough foliage sometimes speckled with white, and blue 
or reddish flowers borne in racemes. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in groups in the shady, mixed border, in 
masses under the shade of deciduous trees, or in the rock garden. Plant 
10 inches apart in autumn or early spring. 
Angustifolia azurea Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
This plant does well in light shade and moist ground. Grows not over 
1 foot high and is therefore excellently suited for ground covering in 
shady places. In April and May large masses of sky-blue flowers are 
produced which make an excellent foil for nearby planted spring bulbs. 
Angustifolia rubra Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
This is the “red’’ form of the above. The flowers are brick red. Other- 
wise the habit and requirements are the same. 
**Saccharata Three $1.75, Doz. $5.00, 100 $35.00 
A lovely early spring flower not unlike Mertensia, with p’nk flowers and 
when through blooming the plant has beautiful silvery spotted foliage. 
12 to 14 inches high. 
Double Pyrethrum (See page 70) 

