CHICKLING: A genus of the decidua order, belonging to the diadelphia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 32d order, Papilionaceae. The stylos is plain, villous above, towards the end broader; the upper two segments of the calyx are shorter than the rest.

Species. 1. The latifolius, or everlasting pea, hath thick, fibrous, perennial roots; climbing, thick, branching annual stalks, having membranaceous wings between the joints, rising upon support by their cirri fix or eight feet high; diphyllous leaves, of two spear-shaped lobes, terminated by clasps; and numerous large red or purple flowers on long footstalks, appearing plentifully from June till October, succeeded by abundance of seed. 2. The odorata, or sweet-scented pea, hath a fibrous annual root; a climbing stalk, rising upon support by its clasps three or four feet high; diphyllous leaves of two oval lobes, terminated by climbing tendrils; and flowers by two's on long flower stalks, of different colours in the varieties. 3. The tangitanus, or Tangier-pea, hath a fibrous annual root, a climbing stalk rising upon support for four or five feet high; diphyllous leaves, of two fovear-shaped alternate lobes, terminated by tendrils; and from the joints of the stalk large reddish flowers by two's on long footstalks.

Culture. All these species are of hardy growth; and may be propagated by seed in the common ground, in patches where it is designed the plants should flower, for they do not succeed so well by transplantation. They may be sowed in spring; though, if sowed in autumn, the plants will flower earlier the following year.