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slight particular, are sold at an advanced price, 

 and hare frequently the names of the persons 

 who raised them, or the place where they first 

 grew. These varieties are not permanent, and 

 without the greatest care will soon degeneraie. 



The second species has a perennial root, run- 

 ning far and deep among the stones or into the 

 sand in every direction : the stems are procum- 

 bent, quadrangular, a little compressed, striated, 

 smooth, leafy, many-flowered, glaucous, often 

 reddish : tlie leaves alternate, alternately and 

 abru|-)tly pinnate, spreading: the leaflets sessile, 

 oval, obtuse with a little point, entire, smooth, 

 many-veined, glaucous; common footstalk flat- 

 tish, striated, ending in a branched thread- 

 shaped smooth tendril : the stipules two toge- 

 ther, equal, acute, toothed at the base, of the 

 texture and colour of the leaflets, but smaller : 

 the clusters of flowers axillary, solitarv, as lono- 

 as the leaves, erect, numv-fiowercd : the com- 

 mon peduncle round, striated, smooth : pedicels 

 alternate, short, single-flowered : the flowers 

 rather large, a little drooping : the corolla beau- 

 tifully variegated with red and purple. 



According to Mr. Woodward, the stems are 

 slightly pubescent and short : leaves numerous : 

 leaf-stalks angular, pubescent: leaflets alternate, 

 on the lower leaves five or seven, upwards nine 

 or eleven; there being always one more on the 

 lower than on the upper side of the leaf-stalk, 

 which is terminated by a tendril, sometimes 

 simple, but oltener bllld at the extreniitv : sti- 

 pules oval-lanceolate, broad, arrow-shaped at 

 the base : flowers crowded on the summit of 

 the naked peduncle : pods long and narrow. 



It is remarked by Dr. Smith, that this spe- 

 cies 13 almost as nearly allied to Lathyrus as 

 to Pisum, both in habit and generic character ; 

 and that Pisum sativum is not more different in 

 external appearance from the genus of Lathy- 

 rus, than Vicia Faba or the Bcai\ is from the 

 other Viciae. These, however, he adds, are 

 matters of opinion : and in so natural a class, 

 it is very diftieult to find out certain and obvi- 

 ous marks of distinction. It is a native of the 

 sea-shores of Europe, &c. 



'i'he third has an annual root: the stalk is an- 

 gular, ne?.r three feet high : the leaves on v\ino- 

 cd footstalks, each sustaining two oblonsj leaf- 

 lets : the HowTrs ?re pale yellow, and small : 

 llic pods two inches long ; containing five or six 

 roundish seeds, a little compressed on their 

 sides ; these may be eaten green, but unless 

 they arc gatheied very young, they arc coarse, 

 and at best not so good as ihc common Pea. It 

 is a native of the South of F.uropc, and of the 

 Levant. It flowers in.}une and Julv. 



Culture hi the vpoi Ground. — ^AU the sorts 

 of the first kind are raised from seed, sown an- 

 nually ; and as those of one sowing continue but 

 a short time in bearing, several sowings are re- 

 quisite each season, to continue successions for 

 the table all summer : each sowing to reniain 

 where sown, choosing a warm dry border, &c. 

 for the earliest crops ; and for the succeeding 

 ones, any of the coinmon quarters, in a free ex- 

 posure, distant from the shade of trees, &c., 

 but open to the sun. 



For the late crops the more moist parts are 

 the best. 



The general sesaon for sowing is any time in 

 open weather, from the latter end of October, or 

 in November, until May or June. 



But in order to have green Peas as early as 

 possible, recourse must be had to the assistance 

 of hot-beds, by the aid of which they are 

 obtained in March and April, and continued till 

 the coniing in of the natural a;round crops, in 

 the latter end of May or beginning of the fol- 

 lovi'ing month. 



The early and first genm-ul Crops. — To- 

 wards the latter end of October, in November 

 or December, as the weather may be conveni- 

 ent, the earliest crops should be put into the 

 ground. In warm soils and situations it is al- 

 ways advisable to sow a few in the two former 

 months ; but in general, and especially in open 

 exposed grounds, November and December is 

 time enough to begin the principal sowinos. 

 For this purpose the Earliest Charlton or GoFd- 

 cn Hotspurs are the most proper. 



And in order for their reception a. warm south 

 border, or some other dry, sheltered, sunny 

 situation should be dug over and prepared'; 

 when, in a dry day, drills should be drawn by a 

 line, ranging south and north, to enjoy the 

 greater advantage of the sun's infiuence, niaking 

 them an inch and a half deep, and two feet and 

 a half at least asunder ; but if designed for 

 sticks, three feet and a half w ill be a more pro- 

 per distance. Then the seed should be scatter- 

 ed in evenly along the middle of each drill, 

 rather thickish, as they are liable to accidents 

 from vermin and th.e season, covering, them 

 in regularly with the earth either w ith a rake or 

 hoe, being careful tliat they arc all equally co- 

 vered tile depth of the drills ; and then with 

 rake lightly trim the surlacc smooth; which 

 flnishes the work. 



The peas begin to germinate in a fortnight, if 

 mild weather, and come up in three weeks or a 

 month, luit seldom in less liuic at this season; 

 when the plants arc to be managed as dircctetl 



