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manner of garden peas, or broadcast with oats for agricultu- 

 ral purposes. 



Field Varieties. 



An agricultural sort, grown at the north of Summer 



Tare, or 

 England and in Scotland. It is sown broad- Vetch. 



cast, and cultivated as wheat or barley. Both the haum 

 and seed are used. 



Extensively grown in England and Scotland ; "Winter 



usually sown in autumn, mixed with rye, for Vetch, 



early spring food for stock. The seeds are smaller than 

 those of the summer variety. 



Not sufficiently hardy to survive the winters of the North- 

 ern States. 



WINGED PEA. 



Red Birdsfoot Trefoil. Mill. Lotus tetragonolobus. 



A hardy, creeping, or climbing, annual plant, fifteen or 

 eighteen inches in height, or length ; leaves trifoliate ; flowers 

 large, solitary, bright scarlet ; pods three inches and a half 

 long, with four longitudinal, leafy membranes, or w r ings ; 

 seeds globular, slightly compressed, yellowish-white. 



Use. The ripened seeds are sometimes used as a substi- 

 tute for coffee ; and the pods, while young and tender, form 

 an agreeable dish, not unlike string-beans. It is often cul- 

 tivated as an ornamental plant, and for this purpose is 

 generally sown in patches, four or five seeds together on 

 the border, where the plants are intended to remain. 



When grown as an esculent, sow in double drills an inch 

 and a half deep, and two feet apart, the single rows being 

 made twelve inches from each other. 



