Hardy cAsiatic Crimula 
Plants 
for 1949 
Best shipped from February through March and April 
and during September and October. 
“On the higher alpine meadows, from the summits of 
cliffs to the verge of the SNOWS, 18s an indescribable wealth 
of bloom, the color scheme changing from month to month 
as the seasons advance. Most of the species being gregar- 
ious, absolute sheets and carpets of color are the result— 
Trollius, Anemone, Primula, Gentiana, Meconopsis, Pedic- 
ularis, Aster, Saxifraga, Orchis, Delphinium. ..... 
All the collections of that year (1905) were lost complete- 
ly through the upheaval caused by a local rebellion of the 
lamas of the Upper Mekong. From what I saw then and col- 
lected, I should say it is by far the richest area of any yet 
known ... but somewhere northwest of there will probably 
be found the greatest concentration of the genus Rhododen- 
dron, and possibly the same might be said of Primula, for 
my experience during eight years spent in the region is that 
as one goes farther northwest the number of species is con- 
tinually added to.” 
... from George Forrest’s Notes on the Flora of 
Northwestern Yunnan. 
Asiatic Primulas are used for borders, naturalizing or as 
Specimen plants in shadier situations, Shady portions of 
east and north exposures, woodlands, streamsides, poolsides 
and gardens with limited amounts of sun. 
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