On the Culture of the Garden Pea. 75 



35. Petunia hybrida, purple. 47. Petunia hybrida, purple. 



36. Jnagallis MonellJ major, dark 48. Nierembergia intermedia, purple. 



blue. 49. Sanvitalia procumbens, yellow. 



37. Lobelifl! blcolor, pale blue. 50. Salvia patens, &c., same as No. 3. 



38. Pelargonium, Smith's emperor, 51. Campanula Barrelieri, pale blue. 



scarlet. 52. Terbena multifida, pale pink. 



39. Jgeratumgrandiflorum, pale blue. 53. Pentstemon frutescens, scarlet. 



40. Petunia purpurea, purple. 54. Ferbena Hendersons, purple. 



41. ^nagallis Phillipszi, dark blue. 55. Calceolaria integrifolia, yellow. 



42. Lobelia gracilis, pale blue. 56. Same as No. 3. 



43. Pelargonium, Shriibland, scarlet. 57. Campanula garganica, blue. 



44. Pelargonium compactum, rose 58. Ferbena t&\xcxioides, white and 



scarlet. pink. 



45. //ieliotropium corymb6sum,violet. 59. Bouvardia splendens, scarlet. 



46. Ferbena teucrioides, white. 60. Same as No. 13. 



Ckicksa?ids Priori/^ Bedfordshire, Sept. 13. 1842. 



[We agree with Mr. Ayres in almost every thing he has said in the above 

 communication, and take much blame to ourselves for not having prepared 

 with greater care the article which he so justly criticises. The truth is 

 (though this is not a sufficient excus&), the list was got up by an assistant, on 

 account of our extreme ill health at the lime. We differ from Mr. Ayres, in 

 thinking the retention of the small beds desirable, because, by contrast, they 

 give effect to the large beds ; and we prefer the wire framework on the gravel, 

 rather than on the grass, because it is more architectural, that is, it rises out 

 of an apparently more solid foundation. On referring to our Volume for 

 1836, p. 526,, it will be found that the walk round the beds is not properly a 

 main walk, and that, though wider than the cross walks, it is not intended for 

 two persons walking abreast. — ConcL] 



Art. VI. On the Culture of the Garden Pea, Visum sativum. 

 By James Drummond. 



The order Leguminosse, to which the Pisum sativum is allied, is large, 

 beautiful, and very natural. The plants in this order are characterised by 

 their pinnated leaves and papilionaceous flowers. Many of the trees and 

 shrubs in this order are unrivalled in beauty ; such as the following tribes : — • 

 C'jtisus, Robink, Colutea, Amorpha, Wistan'a, Glycine, the beautiful coral 

 tree Erythrina, Clianthus puniceus. The graceful trembling foliage and 

 golden tufted flowers of the Jcacia and Mimosa radiate their charms even 

 amidst the sandy burning deserts of Africa ; or what can be more gay, on the 

 sloping banks and rugged hill-sides of our own country, than the furze and 

 broom, the Lotus corniculatus, the Ficia Crdcca, with its tufted peduncles 

 of flowers of the gayest violet overtopping the hedges by the waysides, and 

 several others of the same and of other tribes of the leguminous order, 

 bespangling their banks ? The moving plant, i/edysarum gjrans of Bengal, 

 near the Ganges, is very wonderful on account of the voluntary motion of its 

 leaves, which takes place without the least touch, irritation, or movement of 

 the air. The meadows and pastures of Brazil, on account of the numberless 

 plants of Mimosa sensitiva and M. pudica, assume a curious animated 

 appearance, shrinking from the steps of the traveller. Some of the plants of 

 this order are valuable timber trees, the wood being very hard, heavy, and of 

 a beautiful yellowi.'ih green with dark brown streaks, such as the laburnum 

 and Brazil wood of commerce. The leaves and pods of the Cassia Senna, 

 C. lanceolata, C. emarginiita, and of »S'partium purgans, act as brisk pur- 

 gatives; the juice of Coronilla varia as an emetic; the juicy pulp of Cassia 

 fistula, Tamarindus fndica, and Ceratonia (Siliqua, as gentle laxatives, purging 

 without the least pain ; the decoction of the roots of Galega virginiana 



