The Summer Cypress 
Kochia trichophila (. Summer Cypress ). — A 
plant of neat columnar growth, of no flower 
value, but bright in autumn ; 2 to 3 feet high. 
It is sown in slight heat early in March, potted 
singly, hardened off, and planted out in May. 
Larkspur. See Delphinium. 
Lathyrus odoratus ( Sweet Pea ) ; h.a. — Of 
this delightful climbing plant there are now 
innumerable varieties ; every year some fresh 
favourites displacing older kinds; so that, for 
a choice, a descriptive seed list of the year 
should be consulted. They require thoroughly 
good cultivation by deep digging and liberal 
manuring. It is difficult to grow them well in 
poor or sandy soils, but they thrive in rich loam. 
For late summer bloom they are sown out of 
doors in April, but are often sown in pots in 
February, kept in a cold frame, and planted out 
in the end of March after being carefully 
hardened. Sweet Peas are usually trained to 
upright sticks of spray, but they also make 
a capital effect trailing over a sloping bank 
on rough branches, so arranged as to support 
the peas only a little way above ground. 
Autumn sowing : its advantages . — Formerly 
it was the invariable rule to sow Sweet Pea 
seeds in early spring : the time regulated in 
large degree by the weather conditions prevail- 
ing at the moment. In addition to the not 
infrequent delays and lateness of flowering 
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