PASSIFLORA EDULIS. 



The above illustration is of the perennial climber com- 

 monly known as the Passion-fruit or Sweet Cup. It is 

 reproduced from a photograph by Mr. H. F. Macmillan, 

 Curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, who men- 

 tions in his circular on Fruit Culture that the plant is an 

 introduction from Brazil, and is now found growing practi- 

 cally wild upcountry, producing two crops a year. The 

 fruits, which are slightly fragrant, and contain a pleasant 

 juicy pulp, are occasionally found in Covent Gardens, 

 where they sell at a shilling or more a dozen. The local 

 price is about Re. 1 per 100. 



