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or slopes, where its prostrate shoots may show to greatest 

 advantage, in any soil. 



Pontic Milk Vetch. Astragalus ponticus. Tauria. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 2 to 4 feet ; pale yellow ; summer ; 

 seed or division. — Amidst vigorous perennials ; chiefly 

 valuable for the effect of its handsome leaves on bold 

 stems ; it thrives in any ordinary soil. 



Rosy Coronilla. Coronilla varia. Europe. Herba- 

 ceous perennial ; i to a feet ; pink ; summer ; division. — 

 On grassy banks, stony heaps, rough rocky ground, 

 spreading over slopes or any like positions. A fine plant 

 for naturalization, thriving in any soil. 



CaiLadian Desmodixun. Desmodium canadense. North 

 America. Herbaceous perennial ; 6 feet ; purple ; sum- 

 mer; seed or division. — Associated with the strongest 

 herbaceous plants in copses, woods, or any place where a 

 vigorous herbaceous vegetation is desired. 



French. Honeysuckle. Hedysarum coronarium. 

 Italy. Biennial; 3 to 5 feet; bright red; summer ; seed. — 

 Somewhat open places in woods, shrubberies, and copses, 

 where it would sow itself. 



Bock Hedysaanim.. Hedysarum obscurum. Europe. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 9 to 18 inches ; purplish ; sum- 

 mer ; seed or division. — Positions similar to those for the 

 Rosy Coronilla ; like it, a valuable plant for naturalization. 



Silvery Vetch. Vicia argentea. Pyrenees. Herba- 

 ceous perennial; 9 to 15 inches; pink; summer; seed 

 or division. — Rocks, stony places, and thinly clad banks 

 in sandy, or ordinary soil. 



Large Plo-wered Pea. Lathyrus grandiflorus. 

 Southern Europe. Climber; 3 to 4 feet; purple; 



