Asiatic Primroses 
Primula aurantiaca. A rather spectacular candelabra growing to a little 
over 12 in. The mid-rib of leaves and stems are crimson; the flowers 
a rich orange. They should be divided after blooming. It is interest- 
ing that they often form new plants on the top of the old flower spike. 
75c. 
P, Bulleyana. A good and easy doer in damp soil. It produces many 
whorls of apricot-colored flowers. 50c. 
P. dariolica. Very like the English Bird’s Eye Primrose, P. farinosa. The 
winterbuds are richly powdered with meal; the flowers rose-pink. 75c. 
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denticulata alba. A beautiful white form with great globular heads of 
pure white above rosettes of lush green. 75c. 
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chionantha. The snow-primrose of W. China. A rosette of narrow up- 
right thick leaves, smooth above and powdered beneath; large frag- 
rant flowers with a dark purple-blue eye. 50c. 
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Florindae. 2 ft. and much more in rich soil. The foliage is lush and 
the umbels of nodding fragrant sulphur-yellow flowers are ample. 75c. 
P. Forrestii. A dry ledge or scree plant of 9-12 in. Crinkled up-stand- 
ing leaves; many-flowered umbels of golden orange-eyed flowers. 75c. 
P. involucrata. The leaves are dark green and spoon-shaped with defi- 
nite stems. The flowers are large and white, several in a head. Likes 
bog conditions or moist rich soil. $1.00. 
P, microdonta alpicola. Our planting is a mixture of varieties and con- 
tains the typical pale yellow forms as well as dusty rose, violet and 
white. 50c. 
R. pudibunda. A dwarf early edition of the giant P. sikkimensis. 75c. 
P. pulverulenta Bartley Strain. One of the best of the candelabra prim- 
ulas. The flowers are a lovely soft pink, enhanced by the dusting of 
white meal on the stems and calyces. Developed by G. H. Dalrymple. 
75c. 
P. rosea grandiflora. Rosettes of smooth green leaves; heads of brilliant 
carmine flowers. Robust plants. 50c-$1.00. 
P. secundiflora. Medium rosettes with large heads of crimson-violet 
flowers. 75c. 
P. sikkimensis. Rosettes of crinkled leaves and umbels of cowslip-frag- 
rant flowers, pure yellow nodding bells. 75c. 
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