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VII. On the Cultivation of the Granadilla, or Passiflora qua- 

 drangularis. In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Robert 

 Chapman, Gardener to the Earl o/Harewood, F. H. S. 



Read September i, 1818. 



Sir, 



Agreeably to your request, I now send you an account 

 of my management of the Passiflora quadrangularis, which 

 has uniformly borne fruit since I came toHarewood House, 

 in 1782, the plants having been in a bearing state many years 

 before that time. 



The Passiflora quadrangularis is readily propagated by 

 seeds or cuttings. It requires to be grown in rich loam, in 

 which I usually plant it, in a corner of the pit of a Pine 

 stove, the heat of which is essential to its well doing. The 

 space in which it is planted is separated from the bark by a 

 partition of stones, which are perforated, to allow the roots 

 to enter the bark. 



In December, I cut in the shoots to either three or four 

 eyes of the "stem or old wood ; this, in my plant, is about six 

 feet long, but it may always be left equal to the height 

 between the pit and the rafter; I then let it remain un- 

 touched till the beginning of March following, by which 

 time, it will have made shoots three or four feet long. In 

 March I cut off the roots all round within six inches of the 

 stem, leaving only a ball of roots attached to the plant, of 

 about one foot diameter ; the ball is immediately replaced in 

 its position, care being taken not to shake it, and the space 



