Primula Acaulis Fl Pleno Carneo Double Lilac Primrose

<p><em>Class and Order.</em></p>

<p>Pentandria Monogynia.</p>

<p><em>Generic Character.</em></p>

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<p><em>Involucr.</em> umbellul&aelig;. <em>Coroll&aelig;</em> tubus cylindricus ore patulo. </p>

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<p><em>Specific Character and Synonyms.</em></p>

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<p>PRIMULA <em>acaulis</em> foliis rugosis dentatis, subtus hirsutis; scapis unifloris. <em>Jacq. Misc. Austr. p. 158.</em> <em>Curt. Flor. Lond. Fasc. 6.</em> </p>

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<p>The Primrose in its wild single state is frequently introduced into shrubberies and plantations, for the purpose of enlivening them in the spring months; in its double state it has been deemed peculiarly worthy of cultivation by the curious in flowers. Of the <em>double yellow</em> Primrose, which seems to have been the first known, we meet with a figure in the <em>Hort. Eyst.</em> and in the <em>Parad. Terrestr.</em> of Parkinson, since those publications many new and perfectly double varieties have been introduced, as</p>

<p>The <em>double white</em>, rarely met with.</p>

<p>The <em>double deep red or velvet</em>, the blossoms of this will sometimes come single.</p>

<p>The <em>double pink or lilac</em>, here figured, a plant much admired.</p>

<p>The <em>double crimson</em>, a new variety, which, in brilliancy of colour, far surpasses all the others.</p>

<p>The <em>red</em>, commonly called the <em>Scotch Primrose</em>, less ornamental than any of the preceding: besides these, we have observed a variety with blossoms of a dingy yellow inclining to red, not worth cultivating.</p>

<p>These several varieties of Primrose are admirably adapted to the decoration of the shrubbery, plantations, or even the north side of rock-work; they delight to grow in a stiff loam, a moist and somewhat shady situation, so planted they thrive admirably, the double succeeding almost as well as the single; every second or third year their roots should be divided, which may be done either in spring or autumn, they may be cultivated also in pots for the convenience of removing them when in blossom.</p>