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THE PASSION-FLOWER, 
P. racemosa, (Clustered-flowered Passion- 
flower.) — This species is one of the most 
handsome kinds grown. The leaves are gla- 
brous above, and glaucous beneath, three- 
lobed ; the flowers are borne in pendulous 
terminal racemes, of a deep red or scarlet 
Passiflora racemosa. 
colour, and are very showy. A variety of 
this, called P. racemosa princeps, is even 
superior to the original kind. 
P. eermesina, (Crimson Passion-flower.) 
—This kind is of more slender growth than 
many, but yet free enough, for it flowers most 
abundantly, and is very showy. The leaves 
are bluntly three-lobed, purplish beneath when 
young ; the flowers are of a pretty crimson 
colour. It is one of the best, and will 
succeed, during the summer, in a warm 
green-house. 
P. Middletoniana, (Mr. Middleton's Pas- 
sion-flower.) — A strong grower ; it is called 
also P. fragrans. It has large three-lobed 
leaves, dark green and shining ; and flowers 
which are greenish, thickly dotted over with 
pink ; the filaments of the ray, which is large 
and showy, are banded with blue and white. 
It is very sweet-scented. 
P. actinia, (Sea-anemone-like Passion- 
flower.) — This also is a strong growing 
plant ; the leaves are three inches long, ovate 
obtuse, dark green above, and pale beneath ; 
the flowers are nearly white ; the filaments of 
the ray are very numerous, incurved, and 
twisted, and are banded with red, blue, and 
white. It has been recently introduced, and 
is very sweet-scented. The name is adopted 
on account of the resemblance between the 
filamentous crown and the actinia, or sea- 
anemone. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED FOR THEIR FRUIT. 
P. quadrangularis, (Common Grana- 
dilla.) — This species has ovate leaves; the 
flowers are highly fragrant, red inside, and 
white outside; the filaments of the ray are 
white, variegated with violet ; the fruit is 
oblong, about six inches in diameter, and 
greenisli yellow when ripe. 
P. maliformis, (Apple-fruited Granadilla, 
or Sweet Calabash.) — The leaves are ovate ; 
the flowers large and sweet-scented, white, 
with a blue ray, variegated with red ; the fruit 
is round and smooth, about two inches in 
diameter, and dingy yellow when ripe. 
P. edulis, (Purple-fruited Granadilla.) 
— This kind has three-lobed leaves, and fra- 
grant whitish flowers, tinged with purple ; the 
fruit is elliptical, about one inch and a half in 
diameter, and purplish. 
P. laurifolia, (Laurel-leaved Granadilla, 
or Water-Lemon.) — This has ovate oblong 
leaves, and red and violet sweet-scented 
flowers; the fruit is about the size of hens' 
eggs, yellow, dotted over with white spots. 
All the species flower during the summer, 
and continue blooming through a portion of 
the autumnal months. 
PROPAGATION. 
In regard to propagation, the species of 
Passiflora present no serious obstacle in the 
way of increase: cuttings are rooted without 
difficulty, when plunged in a medium degree 
of bottom heat ; layers are easily made, and 
speedily become rooted, and thus larger plants 
may be obtained within a less space of time 
than when cuttings are employed ; grafting 
and inarching may be had recourse to with 
every success ; and, finally, some of the kinds 
produce seeds, by which means they may be 
propagated ; and advantage may be taken of 
this quality to procure new varieties. Since 
all these methods of increase are available, 
and all equally easy of accomplishment, and 
open to success, it may be thought to be a 
matter of total indifference which of them is 
adopted ; nevertheless, if some particular 
object is held in view, it seems to be just 
possible that one of these should be more 
likely to effect it than another ; and here, per- 
haps, may be found an example of the value 
and necessity of adaptation in matters per- 
taining to gardening. If we briefly state the 
kind of result which each method is likely to 
realize, and leave the application of it to 
individuals who are interested, we shall have 
done sufficient to convince them, that even in 
matters of apparently small importance, there 
is room for the exercise of judgment and dis- 
cretion. Plants raised from cuttings, all other 
circumstances being equal, are soonest brought 
to a blooming state ; the reason of this appears 
to be, that the cutting, before it becomes a 
