Passion Flower, 
Passiflora coerulea. Narurar Orver: Passtfloracee —Passion Flower Family. 
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ESOSTLY natives of the tropical portions of America, the 
\%, Passion Flowers climb to a great height— frequently from 
ne thirty to forty feet, the stem attaining the thickness of 
? three or four inches in diameter. The foliage is palmate, 
being divided into five lobes in the Brazilian variety, and 
“* into three parts in the North American plants. The flowers, 
though transient, are large and beautiful. The petals, which are 
blue without, are lined with purple and white within, and 
spread themselves out in a flattened manner, with a row of filaments 
p. arranged around an inner circle, while erect stands the supposed 
" resemblance of the cross. Several varities are native in the United 
“ States. Among them are found flowers of red, purple, crimson, 
and red and white. Some of the species are adapted to the hot- 
# house, and others to the greenhouse or conservatory. All are beautiful 
and attractive. The flower was named los passtonds by the early missionaries, 
who in their religious zeal imagined they saw emblems of the crucifixion —the 
crown of thorns, nails, hammer, etc.—in the various parts of the curious blossom. 
Holy Jroue. 
E see Thy hand—it leads us, it supports us; 
We hear Thy voice—it counsels and it courts us; 
And then we turn away, and still thy kindness 
Forgives our blindness. —Fokn Bowring. 
HY wonders do singly stand, Foe this a hundred voices I desire, [tire, 
Nor far removed where fest have seldom stray’d; To tell thee what a hundred tongues would 
Around us ever lies the enchanted land, Yet never could be worthily exprest: 
In marvels rich to Thine own sons displayed. How deeply thou art seated in my breast. 
— Fones Very. —Dryden, 
SINGLE passion flower pressed But oh! the flower to you and me 
Is what my wistful eye engages, A deeper mystery unrolls, 
And all the sign of love once blest For written on its leaves T see 
Y Lies buried ’tween the written pages. The record of two burning souls! ! 
—H, H. Leech, 
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