THE 

 I'ASSION-FLOWER. 



J\issijlura ciiTiiIrir. 



A S S 1 O N - V L O A\' J-: R S 

 iibouml on the great 

 Western Continent ami IIk^ 

 iwles tliereol'. Tlioiio-h not 

 unknown as wililine-s in the 

 I'av East, their pr(]])ei' home 

 is Sonth America, and Iheiv 

 hea(l-(|uai'ters are in the 

 ]ilant-]iroduring- valleys of 

 iJi'azil. To the genenuis 

 land which has so gveatlv 

 eni'ielu'd cm- ga.rdens with 

 ordiiils, palms, begonias, 

 and aniaryllids, we are in- 

 deljted for the finest species 

 of passifloras, which, with 

 other glorious twining 

 plants, riot in the hnmid 

 and lestnDU the lower acclivities of the moun- 

 Froni ]5razil we derive the ])laut before ns, and 

 its near kindred — the white, the actinia-like, the hand- 

 shaped, the racemed, and tlie tiesh-colonred passion-flowers ; 

 while other regions of the great continent have given ns 

 the scarlet, crimson, yellow, pnrple, and lime-tree-leaved 



u'oods 

 tains. 



