56 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



Sons first brought it into general notice was wonderful. 

 The species is not valuable for its flowers, but for the shapeli- 

 ness of the plants and the elegance of the abundant foliage, 

 which turns a rich blood-red colour in autumn. It is used to 

 good effect for furnishing "dot " plants for the Flower garden 

 and for grouping in borders. Quite hardy plants may be 

 raised from an early Spring sowing, but the finest results 

 are obtained when seeds are sown in pans in a warm green- 

 house in March, each seedling being potted in its own pot 

 and gradually hardened off ready to plant out at bedding- 

 out time. The popular names of Belvedere and Summer 

 Cypress have been given to Kochia trichopliila. K. scoparia 

 is an inferior species, but it was the name under which 

 K. trichopliila first became popular. 



LATHYRUS 



Sweet Pea 



The Sweet Pea — Lathyrus odoratus {Legiiminosip) — in many 

 varieties is prominently before the public nowadays ; but 

 this is not the place to discuss such a popular subject, be- 

 cause a special book in the " Present-Day Gardening " series 

 is devoted to Sweet Peas and their cultivation. There are, 

 however, several Hardy Annual species besides L. odoratus 

 {Leg7aninoscB)y and though they are not of great garden 

 value they may be mentioned. These are L. cirr/iosus, rose- 

 pink ; L. Nissolia, crimson ; and L. tingitanus, purple-red, 

 and about 3 feet high. All are raised from seeds sown either 

 in Spring or Autumn. 



