Pea--Sweet, 
Lathvrus odoratus. Narurar Orver: Leguminose— Pulse Family. 
<CATHYRUS ODORATUS, or Sweet Pea, is one of the 
pritvorites of olden times, that has been crowded out by more 
> recent novelties; but as fashions rotate, old things return to us 
Zea new; so now we hope these réally-beautiful flowers will 
again come to the front, and press their claims upon all 
““*"flower-loving people. They are most excellent for screens 
or arbors (whence the botanical name, from the Greek J/athon, lying 
‘\y hid), many of them growing to the height of six feet; and although not 
, producing as much leafage as the morning glory, they fully make up 
for the remissness by the abundance and fragrance of their blossoms. 
2 They are mostly from tropical climates, being natives of Ceylon, Sicily, 
fa. and Barbary. In color they are white, purple, blue, nearly black, and 
8 variegated; and are most easy of cultivation, 
Departure, 
UT why do you go?” said the lady, while both sate under the yew; 
‘And her eyes were alive in their depth, as the kraken beneath the sea-blue. 
“Because I fear you,” he answered; “because you are far too fair, 
And able to strangle my soul in a mesh of your gold-colored hair.” —arys, Browning. 
O, closing his heart, the judge rode on, 
And Maud was left in the field alone. 
— Whittier. 
ING on! we sing in the glorious weather We move apart, while she singeth ever, 
Till one steps over the tiny strand, Taking the course of the stooping sun. 
So narrow, in sooth, that still together He prays, “Come over’”—I may not follow; 
On either brink we go hand in hand. I cry, “Return!” but he cannot come; 
The beck grows wider, the hands must sever, We speak, we laugh, but with voices hollow; 
On either margin, our songs all done, Our hands are hanging, our hearts are numb. 
—Fean Ingelow, 
ERE are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight— as 
With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, 
And taper fingers catching at all things, 
—Fohn Keats, 
iy To bind them all about with tiny rings. 
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