WHITE PEA 



Lathyrus ochroleucus Hooker 



The white pea is rank in growth when it finds a congenial situation, 

 clambering over the undergrowth, and giving a delicate touch to the 

 heavier shrubs by its graceful appearance and fresh color. Horses like 

 it, especially when in bloom, or when the seed pods have formed. We 

 found it in greatest perfection in July on the banks of Lake Minne- 

 wonka near Banff, Alberta, at an altitude of 4,000 feet. The plants 

 attach themselves for support to other objects in the same manner as 

 the garden pea, by threadlike tendrils borne at the ends of the leaves. 



White pea ranges from New Jersey westward to Wyoming, and 

 northward to Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia. 



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