PRIMULACEAE 
Androsaces, the rock jasmines, are high alpine plants; those listed 
are not difficult, preferring sun, well-drained moldy soil, warm walls. 
Androsace brigantiaca. %4 in. Tufts of dark green grass with sprays of 
milk-white flowers. 40c. 
A. lanuginosa. Prostrate curtains of silvery foliage and umbels of soft 
rose-mauve flowers with yellow eyes. From summer till late fall. It 
offers far more than its money’s worth. 25c. 
A. obtusifolia. A tight tuft of narrow pointed hairless leaves; 4-6 in. 
stems bear white flowers. 40c. 
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 praetutiana. A silvery-leaved cushion and al- 
most stemless golden flowers. Well-drained warm place. Must acquire 
age and size before a sheet of bloom can be expected. 50c. 
Cyclament Neapolitanum. Beautiful ground cover plants with heart-shaped 
mottled leaves. Pink or white. 40c- $1.00. 
‘+ Douglasia nivalis. A tuft of short branches clothed with narrow 
toothed, finely hairy gray leaves; flowers bright crimson. A rare plant 
that must have sun, only small amounts of water and complete drain- 
age. $1.00. 
Omphalogramma vinciflora. From N. W. Yunnan. A rosette of short- 
stalked hairy leaves from which rises a huge violet-like flower of deep 
blue touched with purple. $1.00. 
Asiatic Primroses 
Primula cashmiriana alba. A beautiful white form with great globular 
heads of pure white above rosettes of lush green. 50c. 
P. Florindae. 18 in. Large and stout; umbels of drooping yellow bells. 35c. 
P. geranifolia. Crinkled geranium-like leaves; loose trusses of rosy flow- 
‘ers are thrown up well above the foliage. 35c. 
P, Littoniana. 24 in. Rosettes of upward growing hairy leaves; 6 in. 
spikes of purple-lavender flowers with scarlet bracts. Well drained 
.Yich soil with some shade. 50c. 
P. rosea grandiflora. Rosettes of smooth upstanding leaves; astonishing 
luminous pure carmine flowers with yellow eye develop at the same 
time as leaves. Easy if given water and deep rich soil. 50c. 
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