LIFE STORY OF THE SWEET PEA 285 
THE FLOWER 
The petals. The flower of the sweet pea is beautiful 
in colour and form. | 




Its form is pecul- 
iar; that is, it is 
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shape as the flower 
of the lily. Some 
one has thought 
the shape of the 
flower of the pea, 
and of its cousins 
or relations, to be 
like that of a but- 
terfly. The most 
attractive parts of 
the flower of the 
pea are the petals. 
already know what petals are. 
If you do not, just look at the 
pea flower, select the bright- 
coloured parts which are thin 

I think you 
and broad. These are the petals. 
You see they are of different 
shapes, instead of having the 
: Fia. 229. Sweet-pea flowers 
Same shape as in the lily or and young pods. 

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