GALE'GA ORIENTA'LIS. 
ORIENTAL GOAT’S RUE. 
Class. 
MONADELPHIA. 
Order. 
DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGCMINOSiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Levant. 
3 to 4 feet. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1801. 
No. 1075. 
The original Galega of the ancient Greeks was, 
it is probable, a fodder plant, and received its name 
on account of its properties; gala, signifying milk, 
being the admitted root of Galega. 
This is by far a less common plant than Galega 
officinalis, and although not more showy, is the 
most ornamental. Both species, from their height, 
and the mass of herbage which well established 
plants of them produce, are very suitable for afford- 
ing a back ground to more delicate subjects. 
When flower borders, as is frequently the case, 
are formed against the boundary of a garden, it is 
highly desirable that the wall or fence should not 
he prominently distinguishable, but that it be con- 
cealed by such tall plants as our present Galega ; 
or, which is still better, by evergreen shrubs, judi- 
ciously varied. The objections raised, by some 
fanciful gardeners, against the mixture of shrubs 
with herbaceous plants, are quite ridiculous, con- 
sidering the advantages that, in some situations, 
these combinations afford. 
Galega orientalis grows freely, and increases 
rapidly, in any good garden soil. 
