P. DENTICULATA ALBA—White globes. 
P. DENTICULATA ROSE AND RED SHADES (After July 1, 1954) 
—Near reds and rose, lilac-pink. 
DENTICULATA MIXTURE—Purples, white, pink and rose, subject 
to seeds on hand. 
. GEMMIFERA—Soft pink to purple of the Farinosae group. 
. INVOLUCRATA (After Aug. 1, 1954)— Pure white, kin to P. rosea. 
. LUTEOLA—Yellow Polyanthus type from the Caucasus. 
. ROSEA DELIGHT Brilliant carmine pink. Sow in June. 
. SIEBOLDI (After Aug. 1, 1954)—Oriental Polyanthus in pastels. 
Germinates best sown in late fall and winter, flats set outdoors to 
freeze. 
P. SINOPURPUREA (After Aug. 1, 1954)—Violet, gold-mealed stalks. 
P. VIALI (After Aug. 1, 1954)—Like a miniature Red-Hot Poker. 
MIXED ASIATIC PRIMULAS— Candelabras, Belled and other Asiatic 
primulas. $1. pkt. 
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Primrose Culture 
Primroses are perennials for your shadier spots, usually north and 
east exposures, semi-shaded borders and paths, in dappled shade, 
under or in the shade of fruit trees or other deciduous trees, in spaces 
between rhododendrons, azaleas, or other shrubs and edging shrub- 
bery borders, in light woodland settings or any garden spot with 
more shade than sun which can be kept watered, or is naturally moist, 
in hot or dry months. They do best in a soil rich in humus and or- 
ganic plant food and are more beautiful in neutral or slightly acid soil 
rather than alkaline. 
Plant Foods—Dig your soil deeply, then add humus—rotted man- 
ure, compost, peat and plant food (Blue Whale, which is sun-dried 
sphagnum enriched with whale soluble, baleen and bone is excellent, 
write Acme Peat Products, 789 W. Pender St., Vancouver, B.C., Can- 
ada)—and work into the top 3 or 4 inches of soil. Save enough of this 
humic material for a mulch around and between your primroses after 
planting. Stable manure—if you can get it—is one of the best; horse 
lightens heavy soil and cow binds thin soil. 
Planting—Before planting, shake out the roots and cut back to 
about 4 inches, if longer. If weather is hot or windy, remove all large 
older leaves leaving only the smaller young ones. Plant so that the 
crown of the plant rests firmly in the top soil. Pack the soil firmly 
against the roots; water in and keep watered and shaded until plants 
begin to grow. 
Watering—Water deeply by soaking the ground thoroughly. Keep 
soil cool and moist all spring and summer. 
Mulching—Always a sound gardening practice. Keeps plants cooler 
in summer and warmer in winter, supplies food, builds the soil. Man- 
ures, Blue Whale, peat with plant food, well-rotted sawdust, compost 
ae A Put around and between plants after planting, dividing or 
in the fall. 
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