•ASSIFLORA 



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^.-.-aiiii-^, lo :i-4 h.. apart ill the luw ; at Hit- ^aiuf lliii. 

 pull up or cut out all weeds. The free use of tlir 

 iiHud wheel-hoe will keep the patch clean until the en- 

 tire surface of the ground is covered with foliage, thus 

 preventing further growth of weeds. Cultivation may 

 then cease. 



The varieties are few in number. For shallow, stony 

 or otherwise unfavorable soils we have the Round or 

 Early Short Round; for better soils the Half-Lonj.', 

 Student, or Hollow Crown; and for deep, clean soils tlie 

 Lcinp; Smooth. 



Seed is easily grown. Plant the roots in spring in any 

 good soil, and gather the seed hearts when most of thi- 

 seeds in them are mature. Dry them on sheets, and 

 then thrash or strip. 



For botanical account of Parsnip, see Fastinaca. 



PAKTHfiNITJM integrifolii 



Greineb. 

 •ii'an Fever- 

 .' one dealer 



5 a composite from Chile which 

 The plant cult under this name 

 tt r d I T hn Saul is probabl) 

 ■M 1 1 h is believed to 



1 there seems to be 

 1 etause we have so 



PASCALIA glaiica 



PASatJE FLOWER 

 PASSirLdSA (1 



ten col ire 1 i irts of the fl ril en%el \v nere th u„ht 

 t represent the 10 apostles present at the crucifixion 

 i'eter and Judas being absent Inside the corolla is a 

 h w\ 11 wu or oiona f colore 1 til in ent or fringe 



nted by the 3 t I n t 1 i 



\illarv coiling t I r tl 



onrges The I h i 1 



he persecutors 1- 14 \ \ i t ti n 



he Passion flcwer ( i It / 

 The following ketch f the Pi sion flower legend 

 ni Folkari s Plant L le I e„ends and Ljrus ai 

 '41 1 reiK lu i tt 



n 



Indians shoul 1 be n\erted 



in its several parts the em 



t ir Lord In the jear 1610 



1 r f an exhaustive treatise on 



T\ Ki busih engiged on this work 



ei in Rome an Augustinian friar 



1 <le \ lUegas, a Mexican b> birth. He 



and showed to Bosio, the drawing of 



-tu|..Ti.i<insly marvelous, tnat he hesitated 



!!• II III "t it in his book. However, some 



ill scriptions were sent to him by 



^iain, and certain Mexican Jesuits, 



I ronflrmed all the astonishing re- 



irvel; moreover, some Dominicans 



^ ! and published a drawing of it, ac- 



- and descriptive essays. Bosio, 



I it to be his duty to present the 



. 1. the world as the most wondrous 



lie Vniri- trioufitufe discovered in forest or 



>wer represents, he tells us, not so directly 



our Lord, as the past mysteries of the 



is a native of the Indies, of Peru, and of 



- Im IV ill, S|.iiiiianls .■all it ■ 111.' I'li.wer of 



:i,,l 11 Iki.I ■■\■:n■\^ }■■■ ii ,1, -i-ii.-d by 



may \ 



indie: 



iiim the heathen 

 preordained by 

 1 to the Passion- 



Is. The genus has little horticultural 



flower m Bosio swoik shows tl 1 is iwisi. .1 



and plaited the three niils 1 f tli.- ilat' 



elldtion just as tl ey ippear t l.aiiri. r-. 



etc ' The upper petals write I s,.ri|.ti..ii, 



are tawny m Peru 1 ut m N n-' wtiiti-, 



tinged with rose The fain r iiiMc a 



blood coloured fringe asthou„l ■ . ..iir;;c 



with which our blessed Lord I If ri.l 



umn rises in the middle Tl ■ it; the 

 crown of thorns encircles the col in i ii 1 1 >se in the 



center of the flower from which the column rises is a 



portion of a yellow colour, about the size of a reale, in 

 which are five spots or stains of the hue of blood, evi- 



