182 THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



3. FABACE.E, or~) (Cytisus scoparius) Broom. 

 LEGTJMINOS^J (Pisum sativum) Garden Pea. 

 (Faba vulgaris) Garden Bean. 



The plants producing pods or legumes are among the 

 most important of the orders of this class, giving us very 

 many useful and nutritious plants, which, for the most 



Broom. Garden Pea. 



part, are climbers, as Peas, Beans, &c. The Tamarind 

 and Cassia trees belong to this order, also those which 

 produce gum-arabic, catechu, logwood, and indigo. 

 There are between six and seven thousand species of 

 the Leguminosse. 



4. ROSACES (Rosa centifolia) Hundred-leaved Rose. 

 (Fragaria vesca) Wood Strawberry. 

 (Rub us fruticosus) Bramble. 

 (Pyrus communis) Pear Tree. 



This important order yields us our most beautiful flower, 

 the Rose, of which there are a great many varieties, 

 among which the Dog-rose that beautiful ornament 

 to our hedges deserves to hold a conspicuous place, 



