HAR DY P RI M U LAS. French, Primecene Mishiquee: 
Hardy Primulas are delightful subjects for rock and Alpine gardens, and some of 
the newer varieties, such as P. Bulleyana and P. Cockburniana, are veritable gems 
in colouring. The family is now so large and so variable in time of blooming, that 
it is possible to have different species in flower during almost every month of the 
year, commencing with the beautiful globular heads of P. cashmeriana, which appear 
with the first sunny days in February. 
Primula Beesiana, Sutton’s Hybrids. This strain includes various shades 
of lilac, purple and violet, as well as a wide range of buff, orange, salmon, and 
rich reds approaching scarlet in intensity. Quite hardy and of vigorous growth 
per packet, ls. 6d. 
Primula Bulleyana. The flowers shade from buff through apricot to orange and 
are quite distinct from those of any other Hardy Primula. The plant is perfectly 
hardy and is also well worth growing in pots for greenhouse decoration. Height 
2 feet ac DF ave 5a ... per packet, ls. 6d. 
P. pel Sutton’s Hybrids. Including a range of very pretty cream, 
apricot, pink and deeper red shades 360 Se me +. per packet, Is? 6d. 
Primula capitata. Flowers deep te beautifully encrusted with a silvery- 
white powder. Height 1 foot ... : 1S spn fd per packet, ls. 
Primula cashmeriana, Large-flowered Hybrids. A highly selected strain 
with large globular heads of flowers ranging from pure white, through mauve to 
purple and violet. Perfectly hardy and thrives in the most exposed places on the 
rockery. The flowers appear in the earliest days of spring... per packet, 1s. 6d. 
Primula Cockburniana. A new hardy species introduced from China, with 
unique orange-scarlet flowers. Invaluable for rock andAlpine gardens. Height 
6 to 9 inches ae ve Sc nes ae Soc «»- per packet, ls. 6d. 
Primula BOOTS Rosy-purple. Excellent for rockeries, &c. Height 
9 inches aes signs ee oon 543 Rae hers per packet, ls. 
Primula Rentioelata Colour varies from white to deep rosy-lilac; large 
globular heads of flowers on stems 12 to 18 inches long Ba per packet, 1s. 
Primula frondosa. Charming spring-blooming variety with rosy-lilac flowers 
and silvery foliage. Height 1 foot Lee nee ere ... per packet, Is 6d. 
Primula japonica, Sutton’s Hybrids. The colours vary from blush-white 
to crimson and maroon, and include many unusual and pleasing shades, all 
magentas having been eliminated. The plants are quite hardy, and are 
admirable for Alpine and rock gardens, as well as for naturalising by the side of 
water, where they thrive particularly well and appear to be thoroughly at home. 
Height 18 inches... isis ns Bic ous Stee wes per packet, smog: 
Primula japonica, mixed. A fine strain of this hardy Primrose. Height 
18 inches. The seed germinates slowly and irregularly ... per packet, ls. 
Primula pulverulenta. Another new hardy Primula, somewhat resembling 
P. japonica in habit, but the flowers are rich ruby-crimson. Very effective when 
massed wes see at 5a Soe ie iss aes per packet, 6d. 

COPYRIGHT $. &8, 
A Colony of Hardy Primula. 
Many charming sorts establish themselves in damp and shaded 
positions which are generally most difficult to fill. 
Primula rosea grandiflora. Flowers a clear bright rose colour. Primula Veitchii. Fine new species from China, somewhat resembling 
Hardy perennial. Height 6 inches 7 ppc per packet, 1s. 6d. P. cortusoides, but the flowers are larger and of a rich shade of rose, 
Primula Sieboldii, Large-flowered Hybrids. One of the 
largest-flowered hardy Primulas, elegantly fringed, the colours ranging 
from lilac to oa ae Excellent for rock gardens and for pot 

as well as being more freely produced. Height 9 inches 
per packet, 6d. 
Hardy Primula, mixed. Including cashmeriana, Sieboldii, denticulata, 
pulere : ie = t 4 ae per parte farinosa, frondosa, and other attractive species, all of which are 
Primula = lkeimeneies Beautiful hardy Primula; pendent primrose- charming in rock and Alpine gardens. Seed is slow in germinating, 
yellow flowers, produced in clusters on long scapes. Sometimes referred and it is important to prick off the weakest as well as the strong 
to as the ‘ Himalayan Cowslip.’ Sweetly scented, per packet, 1s. 6d. growing seedlings... 55¢ Eps a aes) perupacket; 1s, 6a. 

PICOTE = French, Gillet des fleuristes a fleurs lisérées. POTE N Ti LLA. 
Hardy perennial. Height 2 feet. 
Sutton’s Dwarf Leander. Beautiful free-flowering species about 
Sutton’s Prize, mixed. Saved from the finest stage plants. Those 6 inches high, with brilliant flowers best described as Leander colour. 
who have hitherto grown Picotees exclusively from layers will be Invaluable for rockeries and perennial borders ... ...per packet, 1s. 
delighted with plants raised from our strain, which includes all the 3 
best types. The seedlings are robust and very free-flowering Single, mixed. Herbaceous hardy perennial; flowers resembling the 
per packet, 5s. and 2s. 6d. Geum, of various shades of yellow and rich brown. Height 1 foot 
per packet, 6d. 
PLATYSTEMON CALI FORNICUS. Double, mixed. Saved from a choice collection of named varieties. 
Showy dwarf pees annual, with bright lemon-coloured flowers. Height Hardy perennial. Height 1 foot ... Stic ... per packet, ls. 6d. 
PRINCE’S FEATHER. 
LLOOtmsc. ue a sae ope oh ... per packet, 9d. 
PO LYGO N U Mi. French, Persicaire. 
Sutton’s Ruby Cem. An exceedingly pleasing form of branching 
(Amaranthus hypochondriacus.) 
French, Amarante a feutlles rouges. 
Persicaria, bearing numerous spikes of rich ruby flowers. Hardy | Tall spikes of red flowers, which are very ornamental in shrubberies, 
annual. Height 2} feet ... se ode ae ... per packet, 6d. Hardy annual. Height 3 feet _ ... S66 Ses per packet, 4d. 
SUTTON & SONS, Seed Crowers and Merchants, READING, ENCLAND. 

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