October 29, 1886. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
883 
Decaisneana, and Impdra trice Eugdnie are charming example*. We have 
the three latter varieties, with P. quadrangularis princeps, P. alata, and 
P. edulis planted out at intervals in a bank of rich soil consisting of equal 
parts good turfy loam, peat, leaf mould and sand, thrown up round the 
inner walls of a large octagon house. Here they grow vigorously and 
and temperature. Impdratrice Eugeaie was the first to bloom in May. 
Its petals are rosy lilac, and the filaments of the corona violet aud white p 
leaves, three-lobed, and of a dark green colour. It lasted in bloom from 
May to the end of August. It has a graceful habit of growth, and is 
supposed to be a hybrid between P. alata an l quadrangularis, or coeroha. 
Fig. 59.—Passiflora Buonapartea. 
develope their true characters more fully than when grown in pots, but 
this vigour is not maintained at the expense of its freedom of flowering. 
The temperature of this house never exceeds 55° in winter, and is often 
7° or 8° below that. No fire heat is employed after the end of May until 
the middle of September, and we may mention by the way that Com- 
bretum purpureum is planted out and growing freely in the same house 
P. Buonapartea is one of the most handsome of the Passifloras, both 
as regards foliage and flowers. This, too, is a hybrid between P. alata 
and P. quadrangularis, possessing the sweet-scented and richly coloured 
flowers of the former with the handsome foliage of the latter. It possesses 
the merit of flowering freely in a young state, quite the reverse of its 
parents. It is a moderate grower, and in a cool temperature the leading 
