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sweet pea, as it is worthless in shady locations. 
There is also a pure white variety (L. latifolius 
var. alba), and a good purple variety (L. latifolius 
* var. splendens). 
A good pea for poor soil, or for growing in the 
shade, is the two-flowered pea (L. grandiflorus). 
This attains a height of four feet and is a very 
free bloomer. The flowers are rose and purple. 
There is also a pea that can be grown right on 
the bank of salty marshes and other places adja- 
cent to salt water, which other plants so much 
dislike. This is Lord Anson’s pea (L. Magel- 
lanicus), a variety worthy of far more attention. 
The flowers are blue and the plant will attain a 
height of five feet. There is a white variety, 
L. Magellanicus var. albus. 
For damp or wet locations the best of all 
flowering vines is the marsh pea (L. palustris). 
This plant is invaluable in places where it is 
impossible to get other plants to grow, because of 
stagnant water. The purple flowers are small, 
about one half inch across, but are freely pro- 
duced. In poor, gravelly soil, or in places between 
rocks where a plant has little to subsist on, the 
seaside pea (L. maritimus) will give satisfaction. 
This is a low grower, seldom reaching more than 
two feet, and is more of a trailer than a climber. 
