Primula kewensis

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Read about Primula kewensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Primula kewensis, W. Wats. (P. floribunda x P. verticilata). Fig. 3175. A hybrid that appeared in one of the houses at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1897, blooming in 1899: it has some of the mealiness of P. verticillata and the general appearance of a robust form of P. floribunda: lvs. in rosette, 6-8 in. long and l 1/2-2 in. wide, obovate-spatulate, tapering to a petiole-like base, margins wavy and dentate: scapes many, 1 ft. high, slender but erect, glabrous, bearing 2-4 whorls of 6-10 bright yellow fragrant fls. on slender pedicels: bracts large, dentate: calyx campanulate, the lobes regular and acute: corolla-tube 1 in. long, the limb 3/4in. across, the lobes nearly circular and notched. G.C. III. 27:195. R.H. 1908:400. Gn. 59, p. 198; 64:10. G.M. 43:232; 51:320. G. 26:99. Gn.M. 15:18. Gn.W. 20:249; 21:214.—A var. farinosa, Hort., is listed, the sts. and foliage covered with silvery white powder. P. kewensis is a good winter bloomer of lone season, and a desirable companion for P. sinensis and P. obconica; requires the general treatment of P. obconica.

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