For the opportunity of giving a figure of this handsome
and rare plant, we are obliged to Mr. W. Anderson, the
Curator of the Apothecaries’ Company’s Garden at Chelsea,
where it first came into flower in April last; he had
raised it from seed about three years before, that he received
from the late Mr. Schleicher, of Bex, who collected
it in Switzerland; it is nearer related to P. integrifolia
than to any other with which we are acquainted, but is
readily distinguished by the long taper-pointed segments of
the calyx, which in P. integrifolia is short and bluntly
rounded.
The present plant will prove a great acquisition to the
genus Primula, and it appears to be easy of cultivation;
the plant from which our drawing was made was grown in
a small pot, in light sandy loam, but it would doubtless
succeed well in rock-work, or in a border where it did not
get too much moisture; and it may be increased by dividing
at the root; or, which is more preferable, by seeds,
which we believe will ripen.
1. Calyx. 2. Tube o f the Corolla spread open, to show the insertion o f the
Stamens, and the white gland-like substances at the mouth. 3. Ovarium ter-
minated by the Style and capitate Stigma. 4. One o f the long slender Bractes
Ot the Involucrum.