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Tender Bedding-plants. 



The number of tender bedding-plants that may be used 

 for the decoration of home grounds is very great, but the 

 limits of this work will allow of the description of only a, 

 few of the most important. Some of them are obtained 

 by starting from seed, some by division of root, and many 



FIG. 140. SWEET PEA (Lathy rut odoratus). 



of them by cuttings rooted under glass. Among those 

 started from seeds are : 



SWEET PEA (Lathyrus odoratus), Fig. 140. This plant 

 is becoming so popular, and deservedly so, that special 

 directions for its growth are given. It is easily grown and 

 the seed is so cheap that there is no excuse for any one 

 being without this delightful flower. For the best results 



