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The fourth plant is unlike all the others, and will be more 

 particularly described below, being uniformly three-lobed ; it 

 will be known as Passiflora cceruleo-racemosa trilobata, or 

 Milne s three-lobed Hybrid Passion-flower. The remaining 

 three are different from the others, but more similar in them- 

 selves, except that one of them grows more freely, and to 

 greater extent than the other two ; these last are therefore 

 to be laid aside, and the stock which will be offered for sale 

 will all be taken from the superior plant, which, from the cir- 

 cumstance of the blossoms at the termination of the branches 

 appearing to grow in racemes, in the manner of the female 

 parent, will be known as Passiflora cceruleo-racemosa racemosa, 

 or Milne s racemose Hybrid Passion-flower. 



The Five-lobed Hybrid Passion-flower preserves very com- 

 pletely its conformity with the description given of it last 

 year ; the plant reserved as above noticed, is of more vigorous 

 habit, and consequently will extend some considerable length 

 when trained, but the original plant has also materially en- 

 creased its extent of growth since last year. The flowers of 

 this variety are produced in great abundance, one blossom 

 springing from the foot of each of the leaves along the whole 

 extent of the new-formed shoot of the present year. The 

 leaves are occasionally exactly three-lobed, but more generally 

 have additional segments to the two upper lobes, and there- 

 fore seem to be five-lobed. Strong plants produce a few 

 racemes of flowers from the sides of the old wood. 



The Three-lobed Hybrid Passion flower is much stronger 

 in its habit and growth than the others ; its leaves are uni- 

 formly three-lobed, conforming in this more to its female 

 parent ; though of nearly similar consistence and appearance 



