EVERLASTING PEA. 9l 



We have generally observed that those wliich 

 have been sown in February have been the most 

 productive of flowers, althougli it is desirable to 

 make a second sowing in March, and a third in 

 April, so as to have a succession of these fragrant 

 blossoms. 



When sown in pots, the earth should be rather 

 of a retentive nature than too light, and the pots 

 should be of the deepest kind. October is a good 

 time for this sowing ; and when they are removed 

 to the house, or placed mider frames, to protect 

 them from the frost, they will require more fre- 

 quent waterings than most other housed plants. 



EVERLASTING PEA. Lathyrus LatifoUus. 



This handsome native plant, having no place in the 

 dictionary of floral language, we presume to place 

 it there as the emblem of lasting pleasure, since we 

 find it a perennial whose beautiful clusters of flowers 

 are renewed every year, to give pleasure to the 

 admirers of Flora's gifts. 



Gerard calls it the *' Tare Everlasting," and 

 ** Pease Everlasting, and Chickling." In the pre- 

 sent day, when so few spots are left uncultivated in 



