Specimen of black primrose, ca.1920

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Photograph of a specimen of black primrose, ca.1920. Six blossoms are shown growing from the stalk below, which is riddled with small leaves. A neutral background can be seen behind.; "This is a large group of plants commonly known as the Primrose. They are mostly hardy perennial herbs and are natives of Europe and temperate Asia, Java and North America. Only one kind, P. magellanica, is found south of the Equator, in southern South America. Some Primroses, such as P. vulgaris, the English Primrose, bear their flowers singly on stems that rise straight from the base of the plant. Others, such as P. denticulata, P. obconica and P. elatior, produce their clusters of flowers in a head or umbel at the top of the flower stem. In another group, the flowers grow in an array of whorls spaced along the upper portions of the flower stems. Some Primroses can be grown in the rock garden, waterside or bog garden, some in the wild or woodland garden and others are suitable for growing in flowerbeds, greenhouses and gardens. The summers are too hot over most of the U.S. for growing many of the Primroses, but in the Pacific Northwest and other favorable areas many can be cultivated successfully. Only a few of the most tolerable plants can be grown in climates that are hot and dry. Hardy Primroses may be divided into two main categories: the bog or woodland kinds and the cliff and rock dwellers. There are also many Primroses that could be called meadow plants, because they grow best in the garden in beds of loam. Primroses that are grown in a greenhouse make gorgeous potted plants that bloom in late autumn, winter and early spring. The Chinese Primroses, which are varieties of P. sinensis, are favorites. There are two main types of Chinese Primroses, the large-flowered, which produce clusters of large flowers and the small-flowered or star (stellata) varieties, which grow tall and bear sprays of beautiful blossoms for many weeks in the winter and early spring. The small-flowered varieties are easier to grow than the Primroses with the larger flowers." -- unknown author.

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Title Specimen of black primrose, ca.1920

Subject Botany -- Flowers -- Assorted (file heading), Flowers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass plate negative, photoprints, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1920

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17382

Identifier 5450 (accession number), CHS-5450 (call number), CHS-5450 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17379 (legacy record id), chs-m17382 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14212 (legacy record id), 1-82-188 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17379

Unique identifier UC142615

Legacy Identifier CHS-5450.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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