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When tiie feed is ripe it fliould be immediately cut, 

 ' 'btherwife a good quantity will foon (hed out j and it 



it is turned two or three times to dry, according to 

 ' i^he favburablenels of the feafoii,' it will be fie to thralh 



out the feed," and the fooner that is done, the lefs lofs 

 ' there will be of the feed. *' " • ■ 



PHASEOLOIDES. See Glycine. 



PHASEOLUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 412. tab. 



[takes its name of 



becaufe the hufk of 



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fwift 



Ihip, 



^a<r>iA@f, ah oblong 



this plant refembles a fhip.] Kidney-bean ; in French^ 



Haricot. 



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" " The Characters are, 



!J^he emp^kment of the flower is of one leaf having two 

 '' tips \ the upper lip is indented at the top^ and the under 



one is divided in three parts.' ^ The flower is of the butter- 

 ' ' fly kind', it hatha heart-fhaped^ obtufe^ inclined ft andard, 



reflexcd on the fldes \ the wings are oval^ the length of 



the ftandardy and a narrow fpiral keel twijied^ contrary 

 ' ' io the fun'. It hath ten flamina^' nine joined in one body^ 



and the other ftanding fepardte^ which are'^ fpiral within 

 \ ihe empatemenij terminated byflngle'fummitSy and an ob- 



'longy compreffed, hairy ^^germen^ "fuppdrtihg a flender^ in- 

 \ flexed^ fpiral ftyle^ crowned by an pbtufe hairy fligma. 



The germen afterward becomes a tong pod with a thick 

 \. fl^^lh ending in an obtufe point -^ incUjing oblongs compreffed^ 

 ^^, ktdney-fhaped feeds. . . ^^. .^ ^^ , ._,. . _. 

 '.'..This geniis of plants is ranged in the third fedtibri of 

 ' Linnaeus's feventeenth clais, "which contains thofe 



plants whofe flowers have ten ftamina joined in two 

 . y bodies 5 he. has divided the plants \yhich were for- 



• mcrly included in this genus into two genera, one of 

 ' which he calls Dolichos, aria tne "other Phafeolus ; the 



]^ latter differs from the former^ ''m 'liaving the'parts of 

 *2erierati6nih the flowers fpirally twifted. .^ ;:> *d ^ 



t It would be to little purpofe to enumerate all the va- 



r*^ rieties of this plant which have come to our know-. 



^"/ledge in this place, fince America does annually fur- 



"..^nifhus with fo many new forts, as that theie is no 



i^knowirig'^what varieties there may be produced in 



i^ different wuntries : befides, as they are riot likely to 



11' V^' much cultivated here, fince fome of the old forts 

 ' ^^ are preferable to any of the new, for the ufe of the 



* - Icitcnen-garden, therefore Ilhall only firfl: mention a 

 few forts which' are cultivated for their flowers,* oi* as 

 curiofities» and then mention thofe which arc nio'ftef- 



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Phaseo^lus {Alatus) volubilis, floribus laxe fpicatis, 



. >.'alis longitudine vexillo. Lin. SpJ Plant. 1017. Kid- 



\ ' ney-beait with a twining fldlk^'arii flowers growing in- 



\x ^^^fi. fpikes^ whofe wings are as long ds the ftanaard, 



. r- Phafeolus flore purpureo, ,alis amplis longe protenfis. 



7^Hort. E.lth. 314.' tab. 235.\K/i;;i?)'-^^^;/ with a purple 



' * 'flower^ having large wings which are ftreichei out to a 



-; gredt length: ; Ir.^-^C^'"" T^^^'^'' '-"iW-:''^" *\ 



^,. Phaseolus {Caracalla) volubilis, vexilhs carinaque 



J^ '; Ipiraliter cpnvoliitis. Liri. SprPlanf! loiyT Kidney-bean 



-tfei W^^ fi: twining ftalk\ whofe flandard and^ ke§l are fpirally 



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. 69. 7»J;«« Kidney-hean with a fcarkt or punU 

 er, commonly called the Scarlet-bec.n. ' 



pli, h-amllng fiowcrs growing by pairs, hraP.'^ 'xh-ch 

 are porter than the anpalement, and hangivg pod^ Pha 

 fcolui Indicus, flore coccineo five puniceo. Mor Hifl-" 



2. p ''- T..J: ... ir- 1 1 . . ■ . . •nilC. 



fewer. 



6. Phaseolus (C<?m>/.7«) volubilis, floribus Vacemafis 

 fihquis brevibus pubefcentibus. Kidney-lean xvitl ' 

 t-ivining Jlalk, flowers growing in long hunches, and Ihcrt 

 hairy pods. Pliaieolus florum fpica pyramidata, femine 

 coccineo nigra rnacula notata. Plun:i. Car. 12. Kidnsx. 

 bean with flowers growing in a pyramidal fpih, and fear- 



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let feeds which are marked with black. 

 The firfi: fort is an annual plant v the'lceds of this 

 were brought from Carolina, where it grows naturally 

 The ftalks of this twine about any fupport like the 

 common Kidney-bean -they are hairy, and rifefoiiror 

 five feet high ; the leaves are fhaped like thofe of the 

 common Kidney-bean, but are narrower. The flowers 

 are produced in loofe fpikes, flianding upon long foot- 

 fl:alks ; they are large and of a purple colour, turning 

 to a blue before they fade. Thefe appear in July^ 

 and if the autumn proves warm/ they will be foe* 

 ceeded by narrow long pods, containing fmall oval 

 feeds which ripen in Oftober. ^ / ■' ;'• 

 The feeds of this fort Ihould be fown on a warm 

 border about the latter end of April, and when the 

 plants begin to fun iip, they muft be fupported either 

 with fl:icks, or faftened to a hedge or wall, to pre- 

 vent their trailing oh fhe grotahd,'anJconftantly kept 

 clean from weeds. ^If they ar6 cTole to a' wall or 

 hedge expofcd to a good afpeft, they will ripen their 

 feeds in England^ otherwife they frequently fail in bad 

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The iecond fort' grows' naturally in the Brazils, from 

 whence the feeds wele brought to Europe. This is a 

 ^perennial plant with twining ftalks, which rife to the 

 height of twelve or foiirteen feet; the leaves arc 



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fhaped like thofe of the common Kidney-bean, but arc 

 fmaller. The flowers are produced in flender ipikes ; 

 ^ they are of a purplifh colour,' arid have an agreeable 

 ' \'(5dour ; thefe are fucceeded by flender pods which 

 yj^xt cprnprefTed, containing fevefatbval cobprefled 

 '* feeds.^' 'This is propagated by feeds, which fhouldbc 

 fown in a moderate hot-bed in the Ipring ; and when 

 I;* the plahts'c6me'up,'^they' mufl: be carefully tranf- 

 ', ^ planted into pots filled with light frelh earthy and muft 

 :" be plunged into a hot-bed to facilitate thcTr taking " 

 ropt ; after which they ftiould be ihurcd to bear the , 

 open air by degrees, into which they fliould be re- 

 moved the end of June or beginning of July, placing 

 ' them' in a flieltcred fituation \ and as they advance in 

 their growth, and fill the pots with their roots, they 

 Ihould be removed into larger pofs, which muft bii ' • . 



filler? Tt7itK -rr/^fK lirr^ii- A/^««^U V h -'^T.^v ) f 



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filled with frefh light earth. 





' During the fummer feafon they muft be frequently 

 "' ' refrefhed with water ; but in winter they muft be re- 

 - > moved into the green-houfe, and ftiould have but Tittle 

 '"water during that feafon. Thefe plants when young, 



''are Yonder, but after the firft winter they will require 



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^Jwiftei. tliafeojus Indicus^ c'ochleato flore. Triumf. ;^^ only to be fcfeened from" frbft;' But muft have* open 



,,' Obr 93. Indian Kidney-bean with a fndil-fhaped flower^ 



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^/fommonly called Caracalla in Portugal^Z*' 



Phaseolus^ (yexillatus) volubilis, vexillis revolutis 

 ^ patufis leguminibus linearibus ftriftis.' Lin. Sp. Plant. 



T jioiy.' J^ney-^ean^Jmt^ ^^^ Jwinin^^ ftalk^ d fpreading 



- 4 fiandar^ which, Js iwifte^ bMkwatdj 'and harfow clofe 



' ..'r^'pods.' Phafegtus^flore odorato. vexillo amplo patulo. 



■;v; ■ Hort. Elth. qi 3.' Ktdney-tean with a fweet flower, hav- 



^-^^ tng afarge fpreadmg flandard.% ^-—\ t-^-^-- ' 



-;^4. Phaleolus [Farmofus) volubilis pedunculis fubca- 



i ., 1^ pitatis, leminibus fetragono-cylindricis pulvenlentis. 



HQrt... Upfal. 2 1 4. Kidn^"beanwilh ' a twining ftalk^ 



V ' foot-ftalks, ^n^ing in flowers growing in ^Sicfd!s[ ^ hhd four- 



^- cornered cylindrical duflr^oloured feeds ^ ^ t^i- r 



^ grinus^ flore rofeoj, feniine tomentofo. 



'^foreign Kiiney-hean with a Rofe-coloured I ' 

 fl.owirmd downy ffedsTfJ^^ —^^- ;-/ - ^^ -^ : ^ 1 ^ 



^. jTHASEpLus [Vuigarts) volubilis, flonbus racemofis ge- 



triinis, brafteis caTyce niinortbus^'Tegufninifeu^ 

 "^..fjulis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 724. Kidney^kn with a twining 



,^ frce air, whenever the weather wjll permit, otherwifc 



^'* the feayes will grow mouldy, and decay the tender 



"fliodts.- - This plant produces its flowers in July and 



"Auguft, butfeldoni perfefts its feeds in England. 



It is ^ very common in Portugal, where the inhabitants 



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plant it to cover arHbufs arid feats^^n gardens, for which 

 'it is "greatly "efteemed^by- the inhabitants of that 



country, for its beautiful fweet fmelling flowers; and 

 ' in that country it thrives very well in the oj^en ai^. ^ 



The third fort grows natutatly in 'America, and is 



preferved in fome curious gardens tor X'ariety, ulu i 

 a plant of no great beauty ; this may be propagatecl 

 by fowing the feeds in' the fpring upon a hot-bed, 

 and when ' the plants come up, they muft be planted 

 • in potsj'^and treated as the former, fort. * It produces 

 its flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in Septenibej-. 



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The Fourth fort was 'brought from' Americ^, aa 



s'rved in curious' gardens for the fake of ^^^^°^ 



oweVmgf This is an abiding pkirt; and Jhouldbe 



'"^mina^^as- wUsdireaed for tohird iorf/^^^j!" 



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