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month and continues through the winter. It de- 

 serves a place in every collection. 



Soil. — Peat with a little cally sand : it should be 

 repotted in March, and treated as a common green- 

 house plant, with the exception that in very wet 

 weather in summer it should be laid on its side, to 

 prevent the ball from becoming soddened with too 

 much moisture. 



PASSIFLORA BUOXAPARTEA, ALATA. 



Class, Monadelphia. Order, Pentandria. 

 Passiflore.e. 



Native of West Indies. — Propagation, cuttings. 



These fine varieties, with their allies, will bloom 

 in pots if they have plenty of pot and trellis room. 

 Cuttings require to have one year's growth before 

 they bloom freely. In May, the plant must be cut 

 down to about six eyes, and repotted : in perform- 

 ing this, the greater part of the old ball must be 

 shaken from the roots, and the plant repotted in a 

 No. 8 size pot, and placed in the flower-house : it 

 will require but little water for some time. As soon 

 as the pot is full of roots, water with dung-water 

 once a week. 



Soil. — Two parts strong loam, and one part 

 dung, with a little rough sand. These varieties 

 will bloom this month and the next, but if desired 

 to flower earlier, the repotting must take place 



