PASSION-FLOWER. ^S5 



pomme de liane [bindweed apple], and English Honey- 

 suckle. 



The Passion-flower should be raised in a hot-bed; and 

 should be housed in October, carefully screening it from 

 frost, but admitting air in mild weather. In summer, the 

 earth must be kept tolerably moist, but water must be 

 given very sparingly in winter. 



PEHWINKLE. 



VINCA. 



VINCE^. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



French, pervenche ; pucellage ; violette des sorciers [magician's vio- 

 let] ; vence. — Italian, pervinca ; centocchio [hundred eyes]. 



The Perwinkle is a lovely plant : its blue flowers are in 

 bloom all the summer, and its fine glossy green leaves, 

 like large ]VIyrtle-leaves, flourish through the winter. It 

 spreads so fast, and in consequence requires so much 

 room, that it is seldom grown in pots ; but it may be pre- 

 served very well in that manner, if room can be allowed 

 for it. In a moist soil, and enjoying the morning sun, it 

 thrives and flowers best. 



The Madagascar Perwinkle is a beautiful plant, with 

 an upright stem, three or four feet high : the flowers are 

 crimson or peach-coloured on the upper surface, and a 

 pale flesh-colour on the under: it varies with a white 

 flower, having a purple eye. This plant is usually kept 

 in the stove, but the temperature of a warm inhabited 

 room will preserve it very well. Unless the summer prove 

 warm and fine, it must not be set abroad even then ; for, if 

 exposed to much wet or cold, it will soon perish. Very 

 little water will suffice this plant. 



Chaucer repeatedly mentions the Perwinkle : it makes 

 one of ilie ornaments of the God of Love : 



