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HOCKINGS GARDEN MANUAL. 



The true granadilla is prolific and hardy. The fruit 

 agreeable in flavor, and sufficiently distinct to make it 

 worth growing as a variety. In habit it is less robust 

 than passiflora edulis ; it makes its growth chiefly in 

 autumn, and the fruit ripens in winter and early spring. 

 The blossoms are very large and handsome, and appear 

 during March and April. 



A rich peaty soil, moist but not wet, would be the 

 most suitable. Any ordinary open soil with manure 

 would, however, grow it to perfection. 



It may be propagated by seeds, layers, and cuttings. 



If planted to run on an espalier, the roots should 

 be ten to fifteen feet apart, and the branches carefully 

 secured to the rails by woollen bands, to support the 

 heavy fruit. 



The passiflora decasneana (or small granadilla) is 

 similar in foliage, but much more robust in habit. It 

 seldom bears fruit unless the blossoms are artificially 

 fertilised, when the produce is very great. The fruit 

 is about two-thirds the size of the granadilla, the flavor 

 very agreeable, and the plant being large and hand- 

 some, it would be useful for covering rough fences and 

 other unsightly objects. 



A gigantic variety, bearing fruit six pounds in weight, 

 may now be seen at the Brisbane Botanic Garden. 

 As Mr. Hill speaks well of its productiveness, and the 

 quality of the fruit, it is likely to prove a desirable 

 acquisition. 



THE GRAPE VINE-(Vitis Vinifera). 



The grape vine is subjected to a larger amount of 

 mismanagement than any other fruit-bearing plant. 

 Every grower has some theory of his own ; and it is 

 probable that a colonial vineyard left in succession to 

 six different professed vine-growers, would be mis- 

 managed by five out of the number. As this little 



