118 WILD FLOWERS OF SOIREE. 



with its numerous crowded flower tassels of a bluish- 

 purple hue, is common in all hedgerows, over which it 

 flings its " breathing garland.'' In the Midland shires, 

 and farther south, the narrow-leaved Everlasting Pea 

 is common enough. Its large greenish flowers, veined 

 with purple, are not much unlike those of the sweet 

 pea. The white Climbing Corydalis (Cori/dalis clavi- 

 culatd), with long and slender stems, small pale 

 yellow flowers, may sometimes be found on gravelly 

 soils growing amongst the bushes. In the hedgerows 

 and by the wayside the rough-leaved labiate plants 

 have usurped the places of the summer flowers, and 

 tell us that autumn is at hand. 



