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were set. As many as 150 were counted on the plant during the autumn 
of 1901. The fruits were well formed, oval, 13 inch long, and orange 
or deep yellow in colour. In every case they were perfectly destitute of 
contents. 
Only one fruit on this original seedling plant was found to contain 
seeds (fig. 86). It appeared on the plant in 1900. No artificial aid was 
given to procure it. Eyerything points to its having been the result of 
fertilisation by the pollen of the same plant. The fruit contained 17 good 
Fic. 36.—Frvuir or Passtrirora ‘Constance Enuror’ x P, asa. 
Natura S1ze. 
seeds. By oversight, they were not sown until the following summer, 
nineteen months after being collected. Seven germinated, and five grew 
well. 
The other plant of the original series was also allowed scope to 
develop. While very vigorous, its spread was not half that of the plant 
described above, but its foliage and flowers were the same. This plant 
was not experimented with. 
Progeny of Passiflora ‘ Constance Elliot’ x P. alba. 
The five plants secured from the self-set fruit of P. ‘ Constance 
Elliot’ x P. alba have been cultivated in pots for a considerable time. 
They are distinguished by the numerals I-V. The leaves of I. are 
