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PRIMULA ACAULIS FL. PLENO CARNEO,
DOUBLE LILAC PRIMROSE.
Clafs and Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Generic Character.
Involuer. umbellulae. Corolla tubus cylindricus ore patulo.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
PRIMULA acaulis foliis rugbfis, dentatis, fubtus hirfutis;
fcapis unifloris. Jacq. Mifc. Auftr. p. 1 58.
Curt. Flor. Land. Fafc. 6.
The Primrofe in its wild fingle ftate is frequently introduced
into fhrubberies and plantations, for the purpofe of enlivening
them in the fpring months ; in its double ftate it has been
deemed peculiarly worthy of cultivation by the curious in
flowers. Of the double yellow Primrofe, which feems to have
been the firft known, we meet with a figure in the Hort. Eyfl.
and in the Parad* Terrcftr. of PARKINSON, fince thofe publi
cations many new and perfectly double varieties have been in
troduced, as
The double white, rarely met with.
The double deep red or velvet, the bloflbms of this will fome-
times come fingle.
The double pink or lilac, here figured, a plant much admired.
The double crimfon, a new variety, which, in brilliancy of
colour, far furpalles all the others.
The red, commonly called the Scotch Primrofe, lefs orna
mental than any of the preceding : beiides thefe, we have ob-
ferved a variety with bloflbms of a dingy yellow inclining to
red, not worth cultivating.
Thefe feveral varieties of Primrofe are admirably adapted
to the decoration of the fhrubbery, plantations, or even the
north fide of rock-work ; they delight to grow in a ftiff loam,
a moift and fomewhat fhady fituation, fo planted they thrive
admirably, the double fucceeding almoft as well as the fingle;
every fecond or third year their roots fhould be divided, which
may be done either in fpring or autumn, they may be cultivated
alfo in pots for the convenience of removing them when in
bloffom.
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