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Xo. 5. This was a medium-sized plant with red flowers and 

 flat pods, curved and striped. The seeds were decidedly flat, after 

 the "Tennessee" type, while the color and markings only faintly 

 suggested the "Scarlet Runner." The background is gray and of a 

 dull purplish red, somewhat concentrically arranged around the 

 "eye." At 6 some of the seeds are much lighter colored than 

 others — in fact, a few are nearly solid dark colored, as shown in 

 the engraving. 



jSTo. 6. This was a small, bushy plant, with medium-sized pods,. 

 and at once reminded one of the "Scarlet Runnei'" in the color 

 and markings of the seeds, but in size and shape it closely ap- 

 proached the other parent. The dark purple appears as black and 

 the light portions shown are due to the reflected light from the 

 shiny surface. Seeds are shown at 7. 



No. 7. This was a small plant, closely resembling the "Scarlet 

 Runner" in flower, foliage and seeds, but was a true dwarf, with a 

 long blooming period, yielding short, flat, broad pods. The small 

 quantity of seed secured (shown at 8) are above the average in 

 size, and in shape and other markings closely resembled the "Scar- 

 let Runner." Three seeds of this lot were planted in the green- 

 house on August 27th and all are of the bush type, with red 

 flowers. 



No. 8. This was a medium plant, with short, flat pods, the 

 seeds of which are shown at 9, and might well be mistaken for the 

 blend originally obtained. These beans are medium-sized, flattisli 

 and marked with peculiar purples, dark and light, that are so char- 

 acteristic of the "Scarlet Runner." 



No. 9. This closely resembled Xo. 4, being a large, spreading 

 plant, after the type of the "Scarlet Runner," with dark stems and 

 foliage, with purple flowers and bearing a large number of flat, 

 striped pods throughout a long season. The seeds, making the 

 second largest group (shown at 10), are of good size and shape 

 and uniformly of a dark purple color, appearing almost black. 



No. 10. This was a small, early-maturing plant and strikingly 

 difl^erent from the last in many respects, not the least being the 

 a])pearanoe of the seeds as shown at 11, which were closely 

 mottled and quite long and flat. The basal color is that of the 

 "Tennessee," the somewhat concentric blotches being of a purple 

 color. These markings are fairly- well shown in the engraving. 



No. 11. This was also a medium plant, with pink flowers,, 

 medium-sized, flat, striped pods, the seeds of which (shown at 12) 

 are longer than the average and of a dull, dark purple, with indis- 

 tinct mottlings. When immature, the "Scarlet Runner" charac- 

 teristics were more in evidence. 



