PEAS: GERMAN VARIETIES 



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HolldndiscJte Grilnbleibende Spate Zucker-Erbse. A very tall 

 late kind, with white flowers in pairs. Pods of medium size, much 

 smaller than those of the Large Crooked Sugar Pea. This variety 

 does not commence to bear until late in the season, but it continues 

 bearing for a long time. It requires very tall stakes. 



Sehr Fruhe Buchsbaum de Grace. This Pea may, at the most, 

 be considered only a sub-variety of the ordinary Dwarf Dutch 

 or Dwarf Crooked Sugar Pea, being merely a little more slender in 

 habit, and growing a trifle taller. It is not a very productive kind, 

 but very early and exceedingly dwarf. 



Zwerg- Buchsbaum de Grace. A very dwarf variety, with small, 

 gray, slender, scanty leaves. The pods are not always free from 

 membrane. 



WINGED PEA 



Lotus TetragonolobuSy L. ; Tetragonolobus purpureus^ Mcench. 



Leguminosce. 



French, Lotier cultive. German, Flugel-Erbse. Flemish, Vogelvitse. Danish, Asparges 

 certen. Spanish, Bocha cultivada. 



Native of South Europe. Annual. An almost creeping plant, 

 with stems spreading on the ground, about I ft. long and pale 

 grayish green, of the same tint as 

 the leaves, which are composed of 

 three broad, short leaflets. Flowers a 

 fine, slightly brown red ; pods square, 

 with membranous wings at the angles, 

 from about 2\ to over 3 in. long, and 

 tolerably fleshy when young ; seeds 

 yellow, almost spherical, or slightly 

 flattened. Their germinating power 

 lasts for five years. This plant is 

 grown in the same manner as Lentils 

 or French Beans. The seed is sown 

 in April where the crop is to stand, 

 and the plants require no attention 

 except watering in very dry weather. 

 The pods, when young and tender, 

 are eaten like Haricot Beans. The seed, when roasted, forms 

 one of the many substitutes for coffee. 



Winged Pea (^ natural size). 



PEA-NUT, EARTH-NUT, or GROUND-NUT 



Arachis hypogcea, L. Leguminosce. 



French, Arachide. German, Erdnuss. Italian, Cece di terra. Spanish, Cocahueta. 

 Portuguese, Amenduinas. 



Native of South America. Annual. A plant with weak, almost 

 creeping, stems. Leaves consisting of two pairs of oval leaflets. 



