88 VINES 
vines as something to stick in the odd corners, 
where no one ever goes, and, barring the sticking 
of them in the ground, they receive no attention. 
Under such treatment they cannot be expected 
to do well. Give them a square chance. Let 
them have half-decent cultivation, a fairly good 
soil, and an abundance of water during summer, 
and few vines will outclass them. 
Perhaps the best of these hardy perennial 
vines for flowers is the perennial pea (Lathyrus). 
If given half as good an opportunity as the 
annual sweet pea, it will out-flower it and produce 
flowers of a better size with less trouble; but 
you cannot get the wide range of colours that 
you have in the annual variety. Perennial peas 
should have sunshine, and, as they climb by 
tendrils, they should have a suitable support. 
Poultry wire is excellent. One important essen- 
tial is an abundance of water during the growing 
season. 
The best of the perennial peas for screen pur- 
poses, as it runs up eight feet and is very free- 
flowering, is L. latifolius. ‘This produces long 
spikes, of from five to seven flowers, of a rich, rose 
colour and is a valuable all-round plant. It 
will do best in sunshine, but moderately well 
in the shade. This cannot be said of the annual 
