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nearly always in flower, but is finest in early 

 summer. 



There is a form called Heavenly Blue, or Dr. 

 Lowe's variety, with lighter hiue flowers, and 

 said to be less fastidious regarding soil and 

 situation. 



L. rosmarilifolium is the least hardy of ths 

 lot, and in all but the mildest districts is littl- 

 more than a greenhouse plant. As the specific 

 name implies, the leaves resemble those of 

 Eosemary, and the bright, blue flowers lined 

 with white are quite attractive. 



L. canescens, L. hirtum, and L. multiflorum 



The former variety proved far the best both 

 as regards cropping and ripening, for though 

 sown somewhat late for the season that fol- 

 lowed, we secured a crop of well-ripened Beang 

 of the white variety; but the green Haricot 

 being much later in maturing, produced very 

 few really ripe pods, and when shelled at least 

 half were discoloured and worthless. 



The above varieties were not sown until the 

 first week in June dii'ect into the open ground 

 as thick again as it was intended for them to re- 

 main, and when large enough every other plant 

 was lifted and transplanted into a piece of 



DATia P.\LJIS BY THE MliDITEItRANEAN AT NiCE. 



are interesting yellow-flowered species, forming 

 tufts of leaves close to the soil or rocks, but not 

 becoming woody like the others. 



L. Gastoni is herbaceous inasmuch as the 

 stems die down annually. It grows about a foot 

 high, bearing at the end of each shoot several 

 bright blue flowers, each with a white eye ; it 

 grows best in a moist position in half shade. 



Alpine. 



Haricot Beans, 



In response to the Editor's request I have 

 pleasure in relating my experience during the 

 past season with the above — a season that was 

 far from genial to their ripening. 



I grew two kinds of the dwarf varieties for 

 the purpose side by side on a south border fol- 

 lowing some early Turnips, the varieties being 

 White Everbearing and Dwarf Green Haricot. 



ground adjoining, which was not available at 

 the time of sowing. 



The showery weather prevailing, they grew 

 away with little cheek, but transplanting needs 

 careful doing, and the earlier the better. 



I also grew a line of CUttibing WJiite Haricot. 

 These were sown direct into a j^rejiared trench 

 on May 10th, and germinated well. As soon as 

 these were well through, a dusting of soot was 

 applied, and the soil loosened about the plants 

 and staked as for Eunners. I began to think 

 they would be far from successful, for I well re- 

 member on August Bank Holiday there was 

 scarcely a i:)od to be seen commencing to elon- 

 gate ; but after that date they grew away 

 rapidly and ripened a very fair crop of pods to 

 perfection. However, I would prefer the dwarf, 

 as picking is a more tedious business than 

 with the dwarf varieties; mine, of the latter, 

 were pulled up and suspended in an airy house 



