3i6 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



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Vicia peregrina, Linne. 



South Europe. Annual. In Italy preferred to the ordinary 

 Tare for sandy soil ; it recommends itself also for its close 

 growth. 



Vicia sativa, Linne.* (V. 



The ordinary Vetch or Tare. Europe, North Africa, North 

 and Middle Asia. One of the best fodder plants, but only 

 of one or two years' duration. Important also for green 

 manure, and as a companion of clovers. The allied V. cordata 

 (Wulfen) and V. globosa (Retzius) are similarly cultivated in 

 Italy (Langethal) . Many of the other European and Asiatic 

 species of Vicia are deserving of our attention. 



Vicia sepium, Linne. 



Europe, West and North Asia. Deserves attention as a 

 perennial Vetch, enduring an Alpine clime. It might with 

 advantage be naturalised in forests and on mountains, but it 

 can also readily be subjected to field culture, the yield being 

 large and nutritious in regions with humid air, though the 

 soil might be poor. This Vetch can be kept for about fifteen 

 years continually on the same field (Langethal). V. Pan- 

 nonica (Jacquin) is an allied but annual species. 



Vicia Sitchensis, Bongard. 



From California to Sitka. Asa Gray remarks that the young 

 seeds of this tall Vetch are eatable like green peas. 



Vicia sylvatica, Linne. 



Europe, North Asia. The "Wood Vetch. Perennial. Re- 

 commendable to culturists settling in new forest land ; avail- 

 able also for Alpine copses. Pasture animals have a pre- 

 dilection for this Vetch ; its yield is large. In limestone soil 

 of forests V. pisiformis and V. Dumetorum (Linne) can best 

 be selected for introduction. 



Vicia tetrasperma, Koch. (Jfr-vum tetraspermum, Linne.) 



The Lentil Tare. Europe, West Asia, North Africa. An- 

 nual. According to Langethal this species is preferable to 

 the ordinary Tare for sandy soil. It is also less hard as 

 fodder and very palatable. Lime in the sand enlarges the 

 yield. V. monantha and V. hirsuta (Koch) serve nearly as 

 well. 



