. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. s grower, and rejoices in a good stiff loamy soil subtended bya cool moist clay bottom. P. Parryi.—One of the few Primulas that we have in cultivationfrom the New World ; it is we believe a native of the extreme northernparts of the Rocky Mountains, and was first introduced somefifteen years ago by Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich. It is a vigorousgrower with smooth broadly obovate leaves of a light greencolour; the , 9 to 12 in. high, is slightly and terminated by a lax group of medium-sized flowersof
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. s grower, and rejoices in a good stiff loamy soil subtended bya cool moist clay bottom. P. Parryi.—One of the few Primulas that we have in cultivationfrom the New World ; it is we believe a native of the extreme northernparts of the Rocky Mountains, and was first introduced somefifteen years ago by Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich. It is a vigorousgrower with smooth broadly obovate leaves of a light greencolour; the , 9 to 12 in. high, is slightly and terminated by a lax group of medium-sized flowersof a purple colour with a yellow centre. Though I possessedone of the original plants of this species, and kept it for sixyears, I never succeeded in blooming it ; judging from it must be a very handsome and desirable plant for eitherrock or border culture. It has recently been reintroduced by Messrs. Jan. 20, 1876.] THE GARDEN. 107 Baokhonse, else I question much whether it had not become alto-gether extinct; with me it appeared to bo ashy grower and decidedly. disposed to grow less year by year, although I gave it several changesboth of soil and situation. VII.—Tlia Verticillate cortusoides, of Linnaeus, is an old and well-known plant fromSiberia; its leaves are nearly as broad as they are long, lobed and , rugose, rising from a scaly underground bud; the stem is smoothrising to a height of 12 to 16 in., sometimes terminated by a laxclnster of charming pink flowers; the lobes of the corolla aresomewhat narrow, but when growing freely the first formed axisis supplemented by a second and even a third tier of flowers. Itgrows well in any garden soil, but, owing to the fact that it dies downbelow the surface of the ground in winter, it is liable to be destroyedn the operation of digging. It, however, seeds freely and may in
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