230 Women in Science. 



THE GRANADILLA. 



There are several species of the Passion-flower grown in Mexico 

 for their edible fruit, that are deserving of a trial in California. 



The best known species of the granadilla is Passiflora edulis, a 

 native of the southern part of Brazil, which has already been 

 planted in several places in California. The flower is of medium 

 size, whitish with a faint tinge of blue, 



It is a strong-growing vine, bearing flowers and fruit almost the 

 year through, the fruit of the size of a small hen's egg, pale purple, 

 useful for making into jelly, when ripe the fruit has an ' acid cooling 

 flavor.' 



There are about two hundred species of Passion-flowers recog- 

 nized, native to various portions of America from the southern 

 United States to Brazil, in South America. Some of the species are 

 exceedingly handsome vines and prized for their magnificent flowers. 



One of the most commonly cultivated species of the granadilla- 

 fruit is Passiflora quadrangular! s, also a native of Brazil. One 

 species ( P. macroptera ) produces an edible fruit weighing eight 

 pounds apiece. 



May-pops of the southern states is the fruit of Passiflora incar- 

 nata. The fruit of P. ligularis has been pronounced as one of the 

 finest fruits in existence. 



Many of the tropical species are natives of mountainous regions 

 and will endure our mild temperate climates, and the strong-grow- 

 ing vines, with the curious and beautiful flowers are well adapted 

 for covering various structures and may be rendered both useful 

 and ornamental. But nowhere in the United States do they attain 

 a greater luxuriance than on the Pacific coast. Our national colors 

 are reproduced in the red, the white and the blue flowers of the 

 several rival varieties. C. R. Orcutt. 



WOMEN IN SCIENCE. 



(Read before the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association.) 

 Women eminent in Science have received more praise for what 

 they have done than is their due. Comparatively speaking, so few 

 women have entered this field of knowledge that when one does 

 accomplish somewhat she is as loudly lauded as the precocious 

 child. But in science as everywhere else in the domain of thought 

 women should be judged by the same standard as her brother. Her 

 work must not be simply very well done for a woman. 



In the limited time at my disposal today I shall confine myself 

 almost wholly to those whom I have met or whose work more or 



