informs us, that he never observed them to do so.

[Footnote A: We once saw a specimen of a hen and chicken daisy gathered
on a hill in Sussex, much inferior in size to the daisy as it usually
grows.]

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PRIMULA ACAULIS FL. PLENO CARNEO. DOUBLE LILAC PRIMROSE.

_Class and Order._

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Involucr._ umbellulae. _Corollae_ tubus cylindricus ore patulo.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

PRIMULA _acaulis_ foliis rugosis dentatis, subtus hirsutis; scapis
unifloris. _Jacq. Misc. Austr. p. 158._ _Curt. Flor. Lond. Fasc.
6._

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 _double yellow_
Primrose, which seems to have been the first known, we meet with a
figure in the _Hort. Eyst._ and in the _Parad. Terrestr._ of PARKINSON,
since those publications many new and perfectly double varieties have
been introduced, as

The _double white_, rarely met with.

The _double deep red or velvet_, the blossoms of this will sometimes
come single.

The _double pink or lilac_, here figured, a plant much admired.

The _double crimson_, a new variety, which, in brilliancy of colour, far
surpasses all the others.

The _red_, commonly called the _Scotch Primrose_, 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.

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.

[Illustration: _No 229_]

[Illustration: _No 230_]

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PLUMBAGO ROSEA. ROSE-COLOURED LEADWORT.

_Class and Order._

PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ infundibuliformis: _Stamina_ squamis basin corollae
claudentibus inserta. _Stigma_ 5-fidum. _Sem._ 1. oblongum
tunicatum.

_Specific Character and