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XXXVI. On the Cultivation of the Passiflora Quadrangu- 

 laris. By Mr. William Mitcheson, Gardener to John 

 Milford, Esq. F. H. S. 



Read October 18, 1825. 



M y practice in the cultivation of the Passiflora Quadran- 

 gularis, or Granadilla, for fruit in a stove, differing in some 

 respects from that published by the Horticultural Society in 

 their Transactions* sometime since, I am induced to submit 

 the consideration of it to the notice of the Fellows of the 

 Society. 



With me the Granadilla is planted in a box or tub of 

 about eighteen inches square, which is fixed at one of the 

 angles of the tan-pit, on brick or stone work, to prevent its 

 sinking. In the sides of the box are bored a number of 

 holes about one inch in diameter, to admit the roots to run 

 amongst the tan, which they must be encouraged to do as 

 much as possible, and which they will freely do if supported 

 by frequent watering. The plant is trained with a single 

 stem till it reaches within a foot of the glass, and is then 

 stopt to induce it to throw out separate shoots, which should 

 be trained to four or more rods or wires fastened to the 

 rafters, at about a foot apart, and from a foot to eighteen 

 inches distance from the glass. The shoots are trained to 

 the right and left, three each way, and the laterals of each 

 shoot are trained to the same wire with their principal shoot. 

 * See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iv. page 60. 



