FLOS PASSIONIS major pentaphyllus. _Sloan. Jam._ 104. _hist._ 1. _p._ 229. [Illustration: No. 28] The Passion-Flower first introduced into this country was the _incarnata_ of Linnaeus, a native of Virginia, and figured by Parkinson in his _Paradisus Terrestris_, who there styles it the surpassing delight of all flowers: the present species, which, from its great beauty and superior hardiness, is now by far the most common, is of more modern introduction; and, though a native of the Brasils, seldom suffers from the severity of our climate; flowering plentifully during most of the summer months, if trained to a wall with a southern aspect, and, in such situations, frequently producing ripe fruit, of the size and form of a large olive, of a pale orange colour. This most elegant plant may be propagated by seeds, layers, or cuttings; foreign seeds are most to be depended on; they are to be sown in the spring, on a moderate hot-bed, and when the plants are grown to the height of two or three inches, they are to be carefully taken up, and each planted in a separate small pot, filled with good loam, then plunged into a moderate hot-bed, to forward their taking new root; after which they should be gradually inured to the common air: the younger the plants the more shelter they require, and if ever so old or strong, they are in danger from severe frosts. The layers and cuttings are to be treated in the common way, but seedling plants, if they can be obtained, are on many accounts to be preferred. [29] ~Reseda odorata. Sweet-scented Reseda or Mignonette.~ _Class and Order._ ~Dodecandria Trigynia.~ _Generic Character._ _Cal._ 1-phyllus, partitus. _Petala_ laciniata. _Caps._ ore dehiscens, 1-locularis. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ RESEDA _odorata_ foliis integris trilobisque, calycibus florem aequantibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p._ 449. RESEDA foliis integris trilobisque, floribus tetragynis. _Mill. Dict. t._ 217. [Illustration: No. 29] _Mignonette_ grows naturally in Egypt, it was unknown to the older Botanists; Miller says he received the seeds of it from Dr. Adrian Van Royen, Professor of Botany at Leyden, so that it is rather a modern inhabitant of our gardens. The luxury of the pleasure-garden is greatly heightened by the delightful odour which this plant diffuses; and as it is most readily cultivated in pots, its fragrance may be conveyed to the parlour of the recluse, or the chamber of the valetudinarian; its perfume, though not so refreshing perhaps as that of the Sweet-Briar, is not apt to offend on continuance the most delicate olfactories.