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SLIDE LIBRARY


       Email Mary (Irwin) Malloy,
APS Librarian
507 Astor Court
Delmar, NY 12054

Slide programs will only be sent to APS members. Each program requested will cost $15.00 US which includes shipping to a US or Canadian address. For overseas orders, please contact the slide librarian for the exact shipping charges. Return postage is the responsibility of the person requesting the programs.

SLIDE PROGRAMS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

 1 
Standard APS Slide Program                  

80 slides show of many different kinds of Primula
 2
Wild and Tame Primroses of Alaska

Photos of wild growing primulas as well as many growing in a variety of Alaskan gardens
 3
Auricula Primroses


 4
Sakurasoh Primrose, Sieboldii Program

Professionally done presentation with slides and information from
the Japanese Sakurasoh and Primula Club - audio tape included
 5
Primroses in England, Ireland and Scotland


 6
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

A presentation of 50 slides donated to APS by Harry Leighton in
Great Britian. The slides are excellent and cover a variety of primulas including a good number of show auriculas. Also shown are some slides of hybridizing failures with explanations as to why the plants are rejected. The accompanying narrative is well done and the program will make a really nice presentation at a meeting.
 7
Around the Shows

March, April and May 2000 in the north of England - Slides by Terry Mitchell of Ossett, England
 8
Asiatic Primula


 9
Sakurasoh

by Paul Held, founder of the American Sakurasoh Association

CHECK YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR THE FOLLOWING TITLES

 1 
Asiatic Primulas: A Gardener's Guide, Roy Green (1976), Alpine Garden  Society                 
 2
The Auricula, The Story of a Florist's Flower, Rowland H. Biffen (1951), Cambridge University Press
 3
Auriculas, Gwen Baker and Peter Ward (1995), B.T. Batsford, Ltd.
 4
Auriculas & Primroses, W.R. Hecker (1971), Batsford
 5
Auriculas, Their Care and Cultivation, Brenda Hyatt (1989), Cassell, Artillery House
 6
The Book of Primroses, Barbara Shaw (1991), Timber Press
 7
The Cultivated Species of Primula, Walter Blasdale (1948), University of California Press
 8
Florists' Auriculas and Gold-Laced Polyanthus, C.G. Haysom (1957), Collingridge
 9
The Genus Primula (4 Pts.), Sir William W. Smith and H.R. Fletcher (1943-48), Oliver & Boyd
10
Hardy Primulas, H.G. Lyall (no date), Transatlantic Arts
11
A Plantsman's Guide to Primulas, Phillip Swindells (1989), Ward Lock Ltd.
12
The Polyanthus, Roy Genders (1963), C.T. Branford
13
A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tulip, Hyacinth, Rose and other flowers: with a dissertation on soils and manures, and catalogues of the most esteemed varieties of each flower, Thomas Hogg (1839), Whittaker & Co.
14
Primroses and Auriculas, Brenda Hyatt (1992), Cassell
15
Primroses and Polyanthus, Roy Genders (1954), Criterion Books
16
Primroses and Spring, Doretta Klaber (1966), M. Barrows dist. by Morrow
17
Primulas, Sidney Clapham (1971), Newton, Abbot, David and Charles
18
Primulas of Europe and America, G.F. Smith, B. Burrow, D.B. Lowe (1984), Alpine Garden Society
19
Systematics and Bibliography of the Arctic and Boreal Species of Primula, Sylvia Kelso (1987), University of Alaska (dissertation)

ARGS PRIMULA COLLECTIONS
In 2000, members of the Alaska Rock Garden Society went on a seed collecting expedition to China.
The trip was led by Dan Hinkley of Heronswood Nursery and included APS member Ed Buyarski.
Shares included seeds of alpine, perennial and climber plants, as well as those of shrubs and trees.
Listed below are the collections of primulas made on this expedition.

0033
P. secundiflora
Zhongdian, 5km east
3200m
Moist meadow
0037
P. poissonii
              "
     "
          "
0047
P. poissonii
Road to Shudu Lake (2)
3200m
Moist meadow
0050
P. secundiflora
              "
     "
          "
0085
P. secundiflora
Road to Shudu Lake (4)
3250m
Moist meadow
0097
P. sikkimensis
              "
     "
          "
0158
P. secundiflora
Zhongdian, 7-8km WSW
3320m
Browsing meadow
0159
P. polyneura
              "
     "
Browsing meadow edge
0234
P. polyneura
Zhongdian, hills to east
3200m+
Alpine browsing edge

P. sonchifolia
              "

Plants only
0257
P. aff.pulchella?
              "
     "
S.facing slope, oak scrub
0258
P. aff.pulchella?
              "
     "
          "
0299
P. poissonii
Zhongdian, Rd. N. to Geza
3230m
Moist area in oak scrub
0334
P. sikkimensis
              "
3880m
Moist, logged, burned area
0339
P. secundiflora
              "
     "   
          "
0341
P. sec. or sik.
              "
     "
          "
0344
P. polyneura
              "
3910m
Oak scrub
0405
P. aff. bella
Big Snow Mtn Pass W
4330m+
SE rocky slope,next to rocks
0406
P. sinopurpurea
              "
4200m
Open areas in pass
0407
P. sino.brevicula
              "
4300m+
SE rocky slope, more open
0463
P.omphalogramma




Omphalogramma sp.
S. of BSM Pass
3750m
Moist,shaded,fir & rhodies
0464
P. boreicalliantha
             "
     "
           "

P. sonchifolia
             "

Plants only

P. capitata
             "
3500m
Plants only
0507
P. sinopurpurea
Big Snow Mtn Pass E
4200-4400m
Open areas on S slope
0508
P. sino.brevicula
             "
4300m+
S rocky slope,open areas

P. dryadifolia
             "

Plants only
0509
P. aff. bella
             "
      "
Near rocks
0563
P. aff. polyneura
Shangri La Gorge
3010m
Moist, shaded drainage
0664
P. secundiflora
Little Snow Mtn
3550m
Moist, grazed area
0695
P. sinopurpurea
Tianchi Lake
3825m
Grazed,dwarf rhody meadow
0696
P. secundiflora
             "
3730m
Moist grazed meadow
0697
P. secundiflora
             "
3825m
Grazed, dwarf rhody meadow
0698
P. sikkimensis
             "
       "
              "
0699
P.amethystina var brevifolia
             "
       "
              "

P. sonchifolia
             "
Plants only
Moist road bank
0773
P. aff bella
Hongshan
4200-4300m
Near rocks on W slope
0774
P. aff nanobella
"
4300m
Open areas on W slope (tiny plant)
0775
P. sinopurpurea
"
4200m
"
0776
P. sinopurpurea
"
4300m
"
0777
P. sikkimensis
"
4005m
Moist meadow            
0778
P. secundiflora
"
"
"
0779
P. boreiocalliantha
"
3970m
Partially logged area
0780
P. amethystina var brevifolia
Hongshan
4200-4300m
Open areas on W slope
0792
P. boreiocalliantha
Tianshi Lake
3880m
Partially logged area
0806
P. cockburniana
Zhongdian to Lijiang
3300m
Moist drainage
0807
P. aff polyneura
"
"
"
0840
P. sp.
Jade Dragon Snow Mtn


0843
P. forrestii
"


0857
P. sp.
"
4000m
Scree
0858
P. sinopurpurea
"
4100m
"
0859
P. sp.
"
"
"
0860
P. sp.
"
"
"
0888
P. aff. yunnanensis
"
4110m
East facing rocks and caves
0889
P. sp.
"
4000m
Along path through bamboo
0905
P. forrestii
Gang ho ba
3100-3300m
Dry shady forest and dry open rocky areas
0921
P. deflexa
99 Dragons
3580m
Wet, rocky, forest drainage

P. sonchifolia
"

Plants only
0922
P. poissonii
"
3110m
Moist road bank
0925
P. poissonii
65km N of Dali
2310m
Moist meadow
0935
P. aff. pulchella
Gang ho ba
3320m
Sandy meadow
0941
P. aff. calliantha?
Cangshan
2800m
Shaded steep bank

P. sp.
" Plants only
2500m
Shaded ditch











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