PEA FAMILY 



are cultivated for the delicious seeds which they produce; there 

 is, however, a variety whose pods are edible when green. 



The cultivation of 

 the Pea, like that of 

 the bean, was one of 

 the industries of pre- 

 historic man, yet both 

 its native land and its 

 primitive form are in 

 doubt. Having now 

 become part of the 

 food of all civilized 

 communities, there is 

 no limit to the forms 

 that may be produced 

 by selection and varia- 

 tion. 



The Field Pea, 

 Pisum arvense, differs 

 from the Garden Pea 

 in being less delicate to the taste. The flowers are red and but one 

 on a flower stalk. The plant is raised in Europe largely as food 

 for cattle and horses. 



Garden Pea. Flsum sativum 



BAPTISIA. BLUE FALSE INDIGO 



Baptisia austrdlis. 



Baptisia, Greek hapto, to dip or dye; in reference to the coloring 

 matter in some species. 



A hardy perennial producing beautiful, loose, terminal racemes of 

 papilionaceous flowers. In rich, alluvial soil from Pennsylvania, west 

 and south. June. 



Stem. — Stout, erect, branching, two to five feet high. 

 Leaves. — Three-foliate; leaflets oblanceolate or obovate; stipules 

 lanceolate, persistent. 



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