This section is from the book "The Wild Garden", by W. Robinson. Also available from Amazon: William Robinson: The Wild Gardener.
Much having been lately written concerning the wild garden and its suitable occupants, I venture to suggest Lathyrus pyrenaicus as an addition to the list. Most cultivators of flowers are aware of the rambling habits of the greater number of plants of the Leguminous tribe, but in that particular L. pyrenaicus eclipses them all. It produces an immense quantity of bright orange-coloured blossoms, but the principal difficulty connected with its thorough development is the selection of an appropriate place for it, for a well-established plant of this species will ramble over, and by its density of growth prevent every plant and shrub that comes within its reach from thriving ; indeed, it is a greater rambler than the Hop, the Bindweed, or the Bryony, and is decidedly more handsome. Tying up or training such a plant is out of the question ; but there are many rough places in the wild garden where it would be quite at home and form an attractive feature. Every kind of Everlasting Pea is excellent lor the wild garden, either for scrambling over hedgerows, stumps, or growing among the grass. - J. W.
 
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