ir elect ham whorled, and 

 ■ I up shaped group of bract- 

 rii ish of dull brown, tightly 

 ih of petals protrudes the 

 1 e 3 in long and bears nu- 



The illustration sho 



P.Makoyana, Morr.,ot the trade, is Gtsthea Makoy4na, 

 Hook , B.M. 6427, a Brazilian plant with a dark purple 

 mass of petals set off by about 5 large, broad, showy 

 red bractlets. The only difference between Pavonia and 

 (lOethea lies in the bractlets, which are narrow in the 

 former and broad in the latter. 



P. intermedia, St. Hil., Fig. 1655, is a Brazilian plant 

 int. by the U. S. Dept. of Agric. for economic reasons. 

 Its bractlets are intermediate in breadth between the 

 two genera Pavonia and Goethea. 



multifldra, A. St. Hil. {P. irwli, E. Morr.). Robust, 

 probably shnibliy. usually with a simple stem: Ivs. alter- 

 iKite, 6-10 in. X i'.,-2 in.^ oborate-lanceolate, serrulate; 

 Hs. in a short, terfiiinal corymb. Brazil. B.M. 6398. F. 

 M. 1877:276. W.M. 



PAWPAW. 



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PEA. The garden Pea is the most important member 

 of the genus Pisum (which see). It is native to Europe, 

 but has been cultivated from before the Christian eia 

 for the rich seeds. The field or stock Pea differs little 

 from the garden Pea except in its violet rather tliaii 

 white flowers and its small gray seeds. There are 

 many varieties and several well-marked races of gar<leii 

 Peas. Whilst Peas are grown mostly for their seeds, 

 there is a race in which the thick, soft green pods, with 

 the inclosed seeds, are eaten. The common or shelling 

 Peas may be separated into two classes on the character 

 of the seed itself. — those with smooth seeds and those 

 with wrinkled seeds. The latter are the richer, but they 

 are more likely to decay in wet, cold ground, and there- 

 fore are not so' well adapted to very early planting. Peas 

 may also be i-lassified as climbing, half -dwarf or show- 

 ing a tendency to climb and doing best when support is 

 provided, and dwarf or those not requiring support. 

 Again, the varieties may be classified as to season,— 

 early, second-early, and late; examples of these classes 

 are shown in the pictures. 1656, 16.57. 16.58. respectively. 



classification ( Les Plantes Potag^res) 



L. The Pea round (smooth). 

 B. Plant climbing, 

 c. Seed white, 

 cc. Seed green. 

 BB. Plant half-dwarf, 

 c. Seed white, 

 cc. Seed green. 

 BBB. Plant dwarf. 



c. Seed white, 

 cc. Seed green, 

 t. The Pea wrinkled (divisions as above 

 lese garciem-rs about iNew York city g 



67, Co 



Chinese 



species i 



knotty 01 



(Fig. 1659). The pods 



tendency to develop :i 



the lower side. The I 



in color, and they gem 



quality they are sweet 



vhat 



i I I. and there is a 



r margin along 



[till I and are variable 

 rii ihirk in cooking. In 

 client, but they do not 

 possess any superiority over our common varieties. 

 The seeds which we have obtained from the New York 

 Chinamen are mixed. In color, the Peas run from nearly 

 white to dark brown. The brown seeds, however, have 

 given us much earlier pickings than the light ones. In 

 one instance the seeds were sorted into three grades- 

 light, medium light, and d.irk brown — and all were 

 planted in sandy soil on tin- Jiitli ..f .April. On the .5th 



of July the dark-seedeil plot i,Mv.- :i « 1 picking, while 



the light-seeded, and evin the im liiiiin plots produced 

 much taller plants and vcrv li\v of ili'- pods had begun 

 to fill. The dark- and mr.liinn >, , ,1, .1 plots produced 

 plants with colored flow, r- iIk -tiin.Uird being rose- 

 purple and the keel I.I^hL lurpl.' -.<,<'{ sidasht-d. The 

 light-colored seeds, on thr oili.r Icni'l. ^^;tve pure white 

 flowers, larger leaves and broader pods. These facts 

 are interesting in connection with the evolution of the 

 garden Pea and its relationship to the red-flowered field 

 Pea." 



Left to themselves, the varieties of Peas soon lose 

 their characteristics through variation. They are much 



1657. Pea. Nott Exce 



influenced by soil and other local conditions. There- 

 fore, many of the varieties are only minor strains of 

 some leading type, and are not distinct enough to be 



