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No. 12. This was a medium-sized, early-maturing plant, with, 

 red flowers, followed by short, ilat pods. Its crop of seeds is shown 

 lit 13, consisting of attractively odd-looking beans, the basal color 

 seal brown (approaching the "Tennessee"), but much mottled with 

 a darker color. 



'No. 13. This was a plant with a long stem, inclined to twin, 

 bearing white flowers and flat pods. The seeds, very few in num- 

 Ijer (shown at 14), were long and peculiar in having one end en- 

 tirely white and the remaining portion pure, dark purple. 



The thirteen plants, the seeds of which are figured, were divided 

 into three groups, as follows : Small, five ; me<lium, five, and 

 large, three. 



"Scarlet Runner-Six "Weeks" Hybrids. 



There were seven plants gro^\ai of the hybrid between '\Scarlet 

 Ptunuer" and "Early Six Weeks" (63/53). The plants were all 

 of the bush type, and two had red, tliree purplish and two white 

 Wossoms. The parents have scarlet and pink flowers, respectively, 

 and the white flowers might not be expected. In shape of pod 

 there was some variation in the length and breadth, Imt all were 

 curA'ed. Three plants had black seeds and the other four showed 

 jitrongly the "Scarlet Runner" parentage in being dark mottled. 

 The lack of inclination to "run" was manifest, and seems to indi- 

 cate that the "Six Weeks" has a preponderating influence in de- 

 termining the size and habit of the plant. It is not easy to account 

 for the large percentage of Idack-seeded plants, for the mother 

 plant bears light brown beans. 



GENERAL NOTES UPON BEANS. 



Earliness is associated with a quick-growing plant of oj^en 

 growth, while a late variety is usually spreading in habit, of a 

 denser foliage, and produces more pods. The "Golden Wax" is 

 a good example of an early variety, and the "Triumph of the 

 Erames" is an early green-podded sort, popular for forcing. 



Three types of plants are readily distinguished in the l)ush 

 beans, the "Dwarf," '■•Standard" and "Running." Small, low- 

 growino' varieties like the la<t two mentioned l)el()ng to the first 



