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The history ofPrimula obconica, Hance, under cultivation, with some remarks on the history ofPrimula sinensis, sab

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Conclusion

The conclusion to which one is led from the investigation of the history ofP. obconica under cultivation would therefore appear to be that the amelioration and development in form and colour of the flowers, etc. which have taken place during the past thirty years must be attributed to selective processes. The evidence which has been adduced in support of theories of hybridisation with other species is not sufficiently confirmed by facts to justify its acceptance.

In view, however, of certain doubtful points and of some interesting questions as to the influence of foreign pollen in effecting fertilisation it would seem desirable to suspend full judgment until the results of further careful experiments in the fertilisation ofP. obconica with foreign pollen have been obtained.

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References

  1. Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 234.

  2. Hortus Veitchii, pp. 82 and 292.

References

  1. The Garden, November 22, 1890, p. 479.

  2. Bot. Mag. 1881, t. 6582.

  3. Hort. Veitchii, p. 282.

  4. Gardeners’ Chronicle, October 28, 1882, p. 565.

  5. The Garden, June 25, 1881, p. 655.

  6. See alsoThe Garden for 1884, September 6, p. 236, the perianth segments are drawn with an apical notch.

References

  1. T. W. Sanders inJourn. Hort. May 6, 1886, pp. 358, 359, with fig. 66.

  2. “N. G.” inJourn. Hort. May 26, 1887.

  3. “R. D.” inGard. Chron. November 2, 1889, p. 504.

  4. “A. D.” inThe Garden, October 7, 1893, p. 327.

  5. J. C. Tallack inThe Garden, April 6, 1895, p. 240.

  6. The Garden, December 12, 1896, p, 481.

  7. Rev. Hort. 1896, p. 238.

  8. Rev. Hort. 1899, p. 169, “A côté des coloris rose et blanc pur...”.

References

  1. Gard. Chron. 1904, p. 244, Fig. 103, p. 245.

  2. The Garden, 1904, January 9, p. 18, see alsol. c. April 7, p. 304.

  3. “T.” inThe Garden, July 2, 1904, p. 3.

  4. The Garden, February 20, 1897, p. 143 “E. J.”

  5. The Garden, November 7, 1896, p. 383, see also August 7, 1897, p. 110.

  6. The Garden, March 13, 1897, p. 197, March 20, 1897, p. 216.

References

  1. Rev. Hort. 1897, p. 141, announced in their catalogue lor 1898 as “P.obconica à grande fleur rose vif.”

  2. See alsol. c. 1899, p. 548, with coloured plate. The variety “Rose Chamoise” was catalogued by Messrs Vilmorin in 1900.

References

  1. Rev. Hort. 1903, p. 442, see alsoRev. Hort. 1906, p. 487.

  2. Garden, 1904, March 24, p. 261.

  3. Garden, 1905, February 9, p. 116.

  4. Gartenflora, 1905, 54, p. 82; see alsoidem 1903, p. 204.

  5. Garden, 1910, April 9, p. 179, with plate.

  6. Gard. Chron. 1911, April 29, p. 268.

References

  1. Rev. Hort. 1907, p. 531.

  2. Journ. Hort. 1887, May 26, p. 417 (N. G.). See alsoThe Garden, 1886, March 13, p. 241, andGard. Chron. 1890, February 8, p. 175 (D.).

  3. Rev. Hort. 1897, p. 374, 1899, p. 548,ibid. 1893, p. 123.

  4. The Garden, 1893, March 25, p. 242; see alsoibid. p. 327.

  5. The Garden, 1895, April 6, p. 240.

References

  1. See alsoGartenflora, 1904, 53, p, 139,ibid. 1905, 54, p. 82, andRev. Hort. 1906, p. 487.

  2. TheBotanical Register, 1821, tom. 539.

  3. Primula Winteri (Gard. Chron. 1911, March 4, p. 130,Gard. Mag. 1911, March 4, p. 163, with figs.)

  4. See Thiselton-Dyer, “The cultural Evolution ofCyclamen latifolium,” inProc. Roy. Soc. lxi. (1897), p. 143.

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References

  1. The Garden, 1893, Oct. 7, p. 327.

  2. Rev. Hort. 1896, p. 238;ibid. 1897, p. 141.

  3. The Garden, 1897, September 18, p. 227;Gartenflora, 1897, 46, p. 143, text fig. 23.

  4. Rev. Hort. 1899, p. 169; see alsoThe Garden, 1904, April 7, p. 304;Gard. Chron. 1904, April. 16, p. 244.

  5. Le Jardin, 1901, p. 89, fig. 52, see alsoRev. Hort. 1901, p. 238, figs. 100, 101;Journ. Hort. 1901, p. 14. In 1902 Sir Trevor Lawrence received an award of merit, R.H.S., for a mauve-purple coloured semi-double yar. ofP. obconica, seeJourn. Hort. 1902, p. 548.

Reference

  1. SeePaxton’s Magazine of Botany, vi. 1839, p. 262. This sport appears to have arisen at Henderson’s Nursery, Pine Apple Place, London.

References

  1. S. Mottet inLe Jardin, 1901, p. 8.

  2. See especiallyThe Garden, 1888, p. 550, 1890, p. 354, and 1893, p. 242;Journ. Hort. 1887, p. 417;Gard. Chron. 1890, p. 175.

References

  1. Journ. Hort. 1887, p. 417.

  2. The Garden, 1893, p. 327.

  3. Gard. Chron. 1896, pp. 600, 790.

  4. Gard. Chron. 1898, p. 119.

  5. SeeLe Jardin, 1901, also TheGarden, 1897, pp. 193, 197, 213, 216, 227, 394; 1899, pp. 144, 366; 1910, lxxiv. p. 179:Rev, Hort. 1899, p. 548; 1906, p. 487.

References

  1. SeeRev. Hort. 1906, pp. 448, 449, fig. 176, where M. Grignan puts forward this suggestion to explain the origin ofP. obconica superba raised by M. Nonin.

  2. Rev. Hort. 1906, pp, 498, 499.

  3. SeeKew Bulletin, 1910, p. 325.

  4. Journ. Hort. 1887, p. 417.

  5. The Garden, 1897, p, 193.

  6. Gard. Chron. 1897, p. 128.

  7. Gard. Chron. April 29. 1911, p. 268.

Reference

  1. Das Pflanzenreich, iv. 237,Primulaceae, p. 346. There Is also a notein Gartenflora, 1908, 57, p. 632 on P.obconicagigantea rubra, “the first true dark red hybrid of the newgigantea race.”

References

  1. Rev. Hort. 1906, p. 487.

  2. See p. 15, andGard. Chron. 1897. p. 128

  3. SeeJourn. R. Hort. Soc. xxi. 1897, pp. 476, 477;Orchid Review, vi. 1898, p. 19.

Reference

  1. L. Doncaster,Heredity, Cambridge University Press, 1910, Chap. viii. p. 109.

References

  1. SeeGard. Chron. 1909, November 20, p. 544, with figure.

  2. The following account ofPrimula praenitens is given in theBot. Reg. vii. 1821, t. 539.

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Hill, A.W. The history ofPrimula obconica, Hance, under cultivation, with some remarks on the history ofPrimula sinensis, sab. Journ. of Gen. 2, 1–20 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981544

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