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much esteemed as the pigeon pkims, noticed above. The culture of a 

 common plant stove would be suitable for all of these, giving them plenty 

 of pot room, light, heat, and water. 



GRAXADILLA OR GRAXADILLE, 



Is a name given by the French to several sorts of passifloras, from 

 the resemblance of the fi'uit, in size and colour, to a pomegranate, with 

 tliis difference, that the granadilla is not crovrned with a calyx. Those 

 most commonly cidtivated for their fiTiit are, the common granadilla 

 {Pa^ssiflora quadrangidaris), apple-fruited granadilla, or sweet calabash 

 {Passiflora maliformis) , lam'el-leaved gi'anadilla, or water lemon (Passi- 

 flora laurifoUa), purple-fruited granadilla {Passiflom incarnata, eduILs of 

 Bot. Mag.), flesh-coloured gi-anadilla (Passiflora incarnata of Linnaeus). 



These have all fruited in the stoves of this country, and in a house set 

 apart for the cultivation of tropical fruits, they should be planted out in 

 borders, or grown in large pots or tubs, and trained up the rafters. 



The common gi'anadilla bears fmit of an oblong form, about six inches 

 in diameter and fifteen in circumference. The flavom' is sweet and slightly 

 acid, veiy grateful to the taste, and extremely refreshing in a hot climate, 

 where it is usually eaten with wine and sugar. 



^Ir. ]^Iicheson, in a communication in the Gardener's Magazine, vol. ii. 

 p. 203, details his mode of culture as follows : — The plant is set into a 

 box eighteen inches square, fixed on a level with the kerb in one corner of 

 a tan pit. The sides of the box are perforated, to admit the roots to run 

 among the tan, and the shoots are trained hke wines under the rafters. 

 In autumn the shoots are pruned back to within two or three eyes of the 

 old wood : and in the Maixh following, just before the plant begins to 

 break, it is taken out of the box, the root and ball reduced, and re- 

 potted in fresh compost. Abundance of water in the following season 

 enables the plant to set its fruit without the aid of artificial impregnation. 

 A strong plant will produce forty fruit in a season in regular succession, 

 from the end of June till Christmas." 



The lam-el-leaved granadilla, the pomme de Uane of the French, or the 

 muruevja of the South Americans, is most extensively cultivated in the 

 tropics, being agreeable to most palates. It has often fruited in the 

 stoves of this country, treated hke any other stove cHmbiug plant. The 

 same treatment as recommended for the last wiU also be suitable to this 

 species. 



The purple -fruited gi*anadilla {Passiflora eduUs of some authors, P. 



