THE SWEET PEA. 
Botanical Name, Lathyrus odoratus. —Class, Dia- 
delphia. —Order, Decandria. — Flowers , white, blue, 
rose-coloured, and lilac, all in the same flower .—Native 
place, Sicily. 
Sentiment. 
DEPASTURE. 
ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
To Keats we are indebted for the union of 
the flower with this idea ; the passage quoted 
in a preceding article continues— 
“ Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight, 
With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, 
And taper fingers, catching at all things, 
To bind them all about with tiny rings.” 
