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coloured forms, but also numerous ones in which the 
blossoms are flaked and striped with a distinct shade of 
colour. (See Plate 21.) 
Seeds may be sown every year either in the open 
ground during March and April where the plants are 
to blossom, or in pots under glass about February and 
March. Any good garden soil will give satisfaction ; 
but if the blossoms are to be grown for exhibition the 
plants will require more attention in the way of watering 
in hot seasons, and the application of weak liquid 
manure — made from guano or some highly concentrated 
compound. It is important that stakes should be 
placed to the young plants when a few inches high. 
The blossoms should be frequently cut so as to extend 
the flowering period as long as possible. 
There are many species of perennial or Everlasting- 
Peas which continue to blossom year after year. In 
the first instance they may be raised from seeds, but 
afterwards large clumps of roots maybe divided. The 
following are a few of the best Everlasting Peas all 
in flower during the summer months : — Grandijlorus , 
rosy red, large ; latifolius, rosy (Plate 22, fig. 59), with 
a beautiful large white-flowered variety having a dozen 
or more blossoms on it ; magellanicus, Lord Anson’s 
Pea, bluish-purple ; pubescens, pale lilac-purple ; 
rotundifolius, bright rosy-pink (Plate 22, fig. 58) ; 
Sibthorpi, rose-purple ; and splendens, the Pride of 
California, carmine red ; requires warm sheltered spots. 
LIATRIS ( Snakeroot ). — The best-known member of 
this North American genus is L. spicata, which grows 
1 to 3 feet high, having sharp pointed lance-shaped 
leaves, and erect spikes of purple flowers in September. 
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