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Xo. 5. Fordham's Bush, 

 SOfh tSeptemhcr. Abundant flowering, but no pods formed as- 

 yet. 



ISTo. 6. King of the Garden. 

 30th Septeniher. A climber, but a weak and unhealthy-looking 

 plant. A very few pods are visible of the very broad kind, 4 inehes^ 

 long. 



lo October. This bed is now showing a fair number of pods 

 some of which measure 5 indhes in length : but many are flat con- 

 taining no seed, or abortive seed, 



Xcjj 8. Henderson's Bush. 



A squat, leafy bush with a number of small pods, eight on 

 the average, to each bush : the pods, 2 to 3 inches long, contain most- 

 ly 3 seeds. It seems to resist the white fungus which has killed 

 many plants on beds Xos. o and 6. This beau is, after Xo. 3^ 

 Small Lima or Sieva Pole, the most promising of the Limas. Yet 

 a second bed, sown on 16th 8e])teml)er on a previous ground-nut 

 plot, had failed. 



As mentioned, a fungus, taking the form of a white hoar- 

 frost, particularly visible in the early mornings, or after rain, alon^ 

 the lower parts of the stems, had attacked the vines in all the 

 beds except numbers 1, 3 and 8 : its effect was deadly on the plants 

 attacked, which gradually dried up and decayed. 



All the Limas, except Xos. 1, 3 and 8 were therefore dug. 

 up and eliminated from this trial. 



The progress of these 3 beds is recorded at length in the 

 Journal; but in order not to unduly extend these notes, Xo. 1 

 Siebert's Early may be at once eliminated as a failure, for although 

 it is still growing in the garden, it seeds sparsely and the pods 

 are badly filled. 



Xo. 3. Small Lima ou Sieva Pole. 



A remarkably prolific vine, without, so far, trace of rust, or 

 of the fungus which has attacked the other beds, and which, after 

 microscopic examination, was identified by Mr. Deshmukh as 

 Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. 



October 9lh. (70 days from date of sowing) plucked a few 

 pods, which gave IG fairly large, flatfish beans which were, soon 

 after, planted on a separate bed. 



October 10th. The foliage is so thick that it has to be thinned' 

 for the second time, to allow at least a partial access of the sun 

 to the pods. 



October IJith, 7.j days from date of sowing, collected 70 pods 

 which gave 151 beans, of which 110 were selected for seed. 



October loth to 23rd, the following crop was gathered in daily 

 pickings : 



546 pods yielding 1187 beans, of which 814 were selected for 

 seed. 



