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Definition of Primulas
1. primula [n] - See also: primula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primulas
Literary usage of Primulas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"THE CULTURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF primulas. ... say Stelvio or Albula, or Furka,
and were in sight of mountain primulas and Ranunculi, we should, I believe, ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1903)
"Later in the season stronger liquid stimulants may be used, but the finest primulas
we ever had were grown without liquid manure. ..."
3. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"Auricula, Cowslip, Oxlip, Polyanthus, Primrose— all are primulas. Botanically the
Auricula is Primula auricula, the Cowslip Primula officinalis ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"primulas have long been regarded as important by commercial plant-growers. ...
.The germination period in the life of primulas is a critical one, ..."
5. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"... AND SONS' CHINESE primulas AT READING. strain does not produce euch large
flowers as the Giant Cyclamen, but as if to make up for lack of size they push ..."
6. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"The favourite Chinese primulas (P. einens-itt) we have known little more than
three-quarters of a century ; whilst the Japanese and Himalayan species are ..."
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