PAVETTA, 
Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
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renewed. This will impart to them the 
requisite vigour to grow and bloom for a 
few more years, when the operation may 
be repeated or their places supplied by 
young plants, which, from their freedom 
to strike and grow, there is little difficulty 
in getting up to a large size in a short 
_ time. 
The most suitable kinds for general culti- 
vation are :— 
P. alata. 
sort, with red and purple flowers. 
Indies. 
P. amabilis. A free-growing, handsome 
variety, from South America, bearing scarlet 
and white flowers. 
P. Buonapartea. <A strong-growing, 
large-leaved kind, with blue, white, and 
red flowers. 
P. cardinalis. A very handsome kind, 
with bright effective flowers produced 
freely. Suitable for a large house. 
P. Decaisneana. <A fine free-growing 
kind. . 
P. kermesina. This is a handsome kind 
that branches freely, and produces its crim- 
son flowers in abundance. 
P. Loudon. A moderate grower, bear- 
ing handsome purple flowers, produced 
freely. 
P. princeps. A handsome, moderately 
vigorous kind with scarlet flowers. Brazil. 
P. quadrangularis. A strong-growing 
kind with broad massive green leaves, and 
blue, green, and red flowers. Jamaica. 
P. quadrangularis wucubefolia. A varie- 
gated-leaved form of the above with hand- 
somely-marked foliage. 
Insecrs.—Passifloras are not“more sub- 
ject to insects than the generality of heat- 
requiring plants, but these parasites will 
live on them, especially mealy bug, which 
must be sought for at the base of the 
leaves and in the crevices of the bark on 
the mature stems and half-ripened shoots ; 
also, the syringe can be freely employed, 
and will be a means of keeping them under, 
still further aided by strong washings with 
insecticide when the plants are at rest. 
Remove scale by sponging, and should 
thrips or red spider make their appearance, 
a free use of the syringe will be the best 
remedy. 
A handsome _ free-growing 
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PASSIFLORA. 
(Greenhouse. ) 
Among these are some of the most 
beautiful and free-growing climbers, best 
adapted for a good-sized house. 
Their propagation and cultivation is 
similar to that given for the stove species, 
except that, as a matter of course, they re- 
quire less heat, and their growth is slower,. 
taking a longer time to attain a size suit- 
able for planting out. 
The undermentioned are desirable kinds: 
P. Campbelliit. Red. 
P. ceruleo-racemosa. Purple. A garden 
variety. 
P. edulis. Blue and white. The fruit 
of this species, purple in colour, is edible. 
Brazil. , 
P. Imperatrice Eugenie. Violet, white,, 
and lilac. Brazil. 
P. onychina. Purple. Buenos Ayres. 
P. palmata. Blue, purple, and white. 
Brazil. 
P. sanguinea. Crimson, violet, and 
white. Columbia. 
PAULLINIA. 
Evergreen stove plants with elegant 
foliage, borne on slender shoots. They 
do not require much room, and on that 
account are preferable to many of the 
coarser-growing kinds of fine-leaved sub- 
jects. 
They are increased by cuttings which 
require to be potted and grown on in the 
usual way with plenty of heat in summer, 
and should be kept proportionately warm 
in winter. They may be trained on sticks 
so as to form a loose bush, or look well 
suspended with the shoots hanging down. 
P. oceanica. A beautiful species, with 
small leaves, borne alternately on dark 
coloured shoots. From the South Sea 
Islands. 
P. thalictrifolia. A handsome kind, 
with small, pretty foliage. The shoots 
have a thin, wiry appearance, and require 
support. From Brazil. 
Insecrs.—Most of the insects that affect 
stove plants are troublesome on the Paul- 
linias ; constant attention must be given 
them by syringing and sponging, if at all 
affected, or the foliage gets so far injured 
as to spoil their appearance. 
PAVETTA. 
Two species of these handsome plants 
well deserve a place in the stove, viz., P. 
borbonica and P. caffra. Of these the first 
is one of the most beautiful of evergreen 
variegated stove subjects. It is a hard- 
wooded species, erect in habit, and incap- 
able of being made to branch out until it 
has acquired considerable strength and 
height. Indeed, it looks best when con- 
fined to a single stem. The leaves are a. 
foot or more in length, shining, bright 
green, distinctly marked with blackish 
green, and the midrib red. It may be 
