THE EVERLASTING PEA. 107 
run amongst low shrubs, and find a little support for its 
delicate stems. 
The broad-leaved pea (L. lufifolins) is no doubt a 
variety of our woodland pea (4. sylvestris). It will run 
to a height of six to eight feet, and flowers somewhat early 
in the summer, the flowers being of a rich rose colour. 
It has been found growing wild in several districts far 
removed from each other ; but has always been regarded as 
an escape from gardens rather than as an indigenous plant. 
The white everlasting pea is a variety of the last- 
named. Its distinguishing characteristic is seen in its pure 
white flowers, which blossom in prodigal profusion ; for the 
plant produces but few seeds, and thus reserves its energy 
for display. While other kinds of everlasting peas are 
easily multiplied by sowing seeds, this must be increased 
by division of the roots or by striking cuttings. Happily, 
there is no difficulty in either practice. The proper time to 
strike cuttings is when the new growth is rising in the 
spring, when the young shoots, being planted on a moderate 
hotbed, will make roots in the course of a few days, and 
soon after begin to grow vigorously. 
This fine plant may be employed in a variety of ways in 
the garden. It is one of the finest of its class to train to 
the walls of an artificial ruin or about any quaint, rustic 
edifice that needs the embellishment of delicate but riotous 
vegetation. And it makes a fine bedding plant, being 
regularly dotted all over a large bed, and assisted to diffuse 
its growth by means of light brushwood laid amongst it. 
The folks who have succeeded in making grand beds of the 
new varieties of clematis will find the white everlasting pea 
a fine companion subject for them. 
The marsh vetchling (Z. palustris) grows two to three 
