Oxlip

Oxlip (P. elatior of Jacquin) is an eastern counties 'plant; while the common forms of the Oxlip are hybrids between the Cowslip and Primrose.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

In all essential points the Primrose, Cowslip, and Oxlip are identical; the Primrose, however, choosing woods and copses and the shelter of the hedgerows, the

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

Cowslip choosing the open meadows, while the Oxlip is found in either.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

England by the Primrose, the Oxlip, the Cowslip, and the Bird's-eye

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

It is a handsome plant, but it is probably not the "bold Oxlip" of Shakespeare, or the plant which is such a favourite in cottage gardens.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

The true Oxlip (_Primula eliator_) is so like both the Primrose and

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

I dug mine up in Mary's Meadow before Father and the Old Squire went to law; but they were only common Cowslips, with one Oxlip, by good luck.

Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863