. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. p. glaucescens. P. integrifolii cultivation it is of vei-y slow growth and a shy flowerer. Closelyallied to this species and differing chiefly in the narrower leaves, andthe more bluntly pointed calycine segments is the P. integrifolia ofJacquin, whose flowers, by the way, are of a dark purple, and muchmore regular in their outline. It is a native of the Mountains ofAustria. P. marginata, of Willdenow, is a plant well marked by thesilvery margin that surrounds its ovately cuneate and sharply leaves, as als
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. p. glaucescens. P. integrifolii cultivation it is of vei-y slow growth and a shy flowerer. Closelyallied to this species and differing chiefly in the narrower leaves, andthe more bluntly pointed calycine segments is the P. integrifolia ofJacquin, whose flowers, by the way, are of a dark purple, and muchmore regular in their outline. It is a native of the Mountains ofAustria. P. marginata, of Willdenow, is a plant well marked by thesilvery margin that surrounds its ovately cuneate and sharply leaves, as also by the greyish tint of the young leaves, owingto the presence of an abundance of farinaceous matter. The planthas a strong tendency to acquire a caulescent character the stemrising well above the ground, and marked by the scars of decayedleaves. The flowers are produced freely in April in umbels elevatedon scapes, some 3 or 4 in. long, and are of a lavender colour; it. Laced Primrose (P. marginata). is a native of the Dauphiny and also of the Apennines; and althonchit may prove hardy in a sheltered comer of the rockery, it is not byany means to be depended upon in an open border. If cultivated closeto the glass in a cool greenhouse, it forms a charming plant for springdecoration, and ought to be grown for that purpose much more thanit is ; it is partial to peat soil, and when it acquires the woody to which I have alluded, it ought to have its branches cut shortand inserted round the margin of a pot, rather than that any attemptshould be made to bury the older portion. Under the latter conditions,very frequently decay from below takes place. P. latifolia, of La Peyrouse, as the name would indicate, hasbroad somewhat pubescent leaves tajieriug down into a narrow foot-stalk ; it possesses a caulescent character like the last, and is said tohave rose-coloured flowers. With me, however, it ia a shy grower,and though I have cultivated it for a
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