GARDEN BEANS CULTIVATED AS ESCULENTS. 131 
INEXHAUSTIBLE.* Plant strictly dwarf, 8-10 in. high, 
with tendency to produce flowering stalks above the leaves. 
Leaflets yellowish green, 23-24 in. long, 2-21 in broad, 
quite rough and thick. Blossoms white, mostly borne in 
spikes above the leaves. Pods green, 3—4 in. long, {—} in. 
broad, slightly curved; spur slender, curved, + in. long. 
Seed white, slightly flattened, reniform. Late but very 
productive. — Plate 42, f. 7. 
Dwarr Case Knire.t Plant strictly dwarf, 8-10 in. 
high, branchy, spreading. Leaflets yellowish-green, 23-33 
in. long, 14-2 in. broad, considerably wrinkled. Blossoms 
white. Pods green, 44-5} in. long, }-} in. broad, 7-$ in. 
thick, slightly curved; spur stout, curved, 1-2 in. long. 
Seed dingy white, }—$ in. long, }-? in. bread, {4 in. thick, 
oblong, subcylindrical, sometimes with truncated ends. 
Very productive and excellent for forcing. — Plate 42, f. 8. 
Unrqur.{ Plant strictly dwarf, 12-15 in. high, vigorous. 
Leaflets deep green, 23-3 in. long, nearly as_ broad, quite 
thick, considerably wrinkled. Blossoms white. Pods 
green, 4-6 in. long, 4 in. broad, flattened, more or less 
curved. Seed white, 3-2 in. long, 1} in. broad, $—-} in. 
thick, reniform, usually with rounded ends. — Plate 42, f. 9. 
Sorssons.§ Plant climbing 43-6 ft., moderately vigorous, 
* Haricot V Inépuisable nain. Vilmorin-And. Cat. (1897). 
+ Dwarf Early White Scimitar. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 51. (1885). — 
Emperor William. Thorburn, Cat. (1884).— Dwarf Rhode Island Case Knife. 
Henderson, Cat. (1891).-— Haricot sabre nain hatif de Holiande. Vilmorin- 
And. Pl. Pot. 258. (1883). 
t Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 66. (1885).— Haricot nain blane Unique. 
Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 275. (1883). : 
§ Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 491. (1863). — Soissons Large Runner. 
Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 39. (1885).— Haricot de Soissons a rames. 
Vilmorin-And. Pl. Pot. 246. (1883).— Haricot de Soissons blanc. [Wing], 
Rept. N. Y. Exp. Sta. 2: 249. (1883). — Large White Laincourt. Vilmorin- 
And, Veg. Gard. 40. (1885). — Haricot de Laincourt. Vilmorin-And. Pl. 
Pot. 247. (1883). 
Phaseolus compressus candidus Martens, Gartenbohnen 51. (1860). 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, seeds, No. 10553, Japan. 
