118 THE PEA 
together if you wish them to flourish; four or five seeds in a 
small pot will be plenty, and they should not be put all together 
in the middle, but separated. 
The pea plant is a vue. Sometimes the vine is very short, 
sometimes tall. When it is tall it has to have sticks of wood or 
brush to twine upon. 
The pea vine blossoms and bears peas the same season, and 
then dies. It does not sprout again from the root, as the beet 
does; hence it is called an annual or yearly plant. 
Drawing 
1. Make a drawing of a pea pod, showing the straight 
and curved edge, the “nose,” and the leaves at 
the stem end. 
2. Make a drawing of an open pod, torn apart, showing 
peas alternating. 
3. Make a drawing of a pea and of two halves, showing 
the baby pea. 
