Lathyrus 



( 478 ) 



Lathyrus 



inimal or perennial, climbing by means of tendrils. 

 The annual ocloratus, the parent of the popular 

 Sweet 1'ea, is the most important of all, and the 

 varieties of it which have arisen are now innumer- 

 able. (For further details, sea SWEET PEA.) 

 The Everlasting 1'ea (sylvestris platyphyllus) is 

 only secondary in importance to the varieties of 

 odoratus. It is of true perennial habit, but it 



Other Cultural Points. Liberal mulchings of 

 rotten manure, and plentiful supplies of liquid 

 stimulant, together with the picking of the seed 

 pods as they begin to form, are the chief items 

 requiring attention. Grandiflorns does well if 

 sown in clumps and supported by a circle of 

 sticks. Sativus, the Chickling Vetch, is largely 

 cultivated as a fodder plant. 



r/iotn: Cusscll .0 C:n. 



L.vrimirs UUANDIFLOKUS. 



is occasionally somewhat difficult to establish. 

 Jt is of the greatest service as a climber for 

 covering arbours, fences, and trellis work of all 

 descriptions, and it does not look at all amiss 

 when allowed to ramble over the stones of a 

 rockery. 



Propagation. By seeds for the annuals, and by 

 seeds and root division for the perennials. 



Soil. All love a light to medium loam, plenti- 

 fully enriched with stable manure, and H is in 

 such a soil as this that the best results are to be 

 looked for. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 



grandiflorus, 5', Je., Aug., 

 per., standard, 11", 1 j" 

 across, ro., wings crim. 



latifolius (correctly syl- 

 vestris platypliyllus), 

 Everlasting Pea. 



nervosus.Je., Sep., hdy. vig- 

 orous per., bluish pur. 

 (**/*. 'inagellanicus and 

 armitageanus) . Seeds 

 of this species are some- 

 times difficult to obtain 



true, sativus and finpi- 

 tauus being substituted. 

 Lord Anson's Pea. 



odoratus, hdy. aim., flow- 

 ers various, fragrant. 

 Sweet Pea. 



roseus. sum., hdy., ro. 



rotundifolius, My., jy., 

 lidy. per., ro. 



sativus, ,Te., ,Tv. , lidy.,wh. 

 Chickling Ve'.ch. 



alhus, 1', wh. 



