GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 129 
Bioop SPECKLED.* Identical with preceding, except 
that the ground color is a dark blood red with lighter red 
splashings. — Plate 41, f. 24. 
VALENTINE Wax.f Identical with Valentine, except in 
pods, which are bright yellow. 
aaaaa. Seeds decidedly flattened. 
* Less than twice as long as broad. 
¢ One color. 
t White. 
Juty.{ Plant climbing 3-4 ft., vigorous. Leaflets deep 
green, 24-24 in. long, 2-2} in. wide, thin, quite smooth. 
Blossoms white. Pods green, 23-4} in. long, }-$ in. 
broad, subterete, straight or nearly so; spur slender, 
curved, tin. long. Seed white or yellowish white, $—} in. 
long, }-} in. broad, oblong-elliptical, sometimes slightly 
subreniform, truncated at ends. Very productive. — Plate 
42,f.1. 
Aveusta.§ Plant strictly dwarf, 8-10 in. high, with few 
branches. Leaflets dark green, 44-5 in. long, 33—4 in. wide, 
rough, thick. Blossoms white, pods yellow, 4-5} in. long, 
4,2, in. broad, much flattened, greatly curved; spur 
straight, stout, 4 in. long. Seed dingy white, }-} in. 
long, }-$ in. broad, } in. thick, flattened, subreniform, 
truncated at ends. — Plate 42, f. 2. 
* Dwarf Blood Speckled. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 49. (1885). — 
Haricot sang de boeuf. Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 256. (1883). 
+ Thorburn Valentine Wax. Thorburn, Cat. (1895). 
t Stangenbohne Juli. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1899). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10875, ‘‘ Porates cor- 
dobes,”’ State of Santa Fé, Argentina; 10886, Santa Fé, Argentina. 
§ Buschbohne, Kaiserin Augusta. Haage & Sch. Haupt-Verz. (1890). 
Field Columbian Museum, seeds, No. 1788: Philadelphia Commercial 
Museum, seeds, No. 10556, Montevideo, Uruguay; 10557, “ Porates 
Sabres ranas,’”? Buenos Ayres; 10779, Varna, Bulgaria; 10780, Tirnovo, 
Bulgaria; 10871; ‘‘ Porates Soisson blancos,’’ Buenos Ayres, Argentina. 
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