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tal White Wax, and Golden Wax 

 Dwarf. TJie first sort is not a new sort, 

 but its excellent quality makes it a 

 popular variety to cultivate wherever 

 known. As a string bean it has but 

 few equals, and it is also a good shell 

 bean. The White Wax, a pure white 

 sort, cannot be too highly praised, and 

 every kitchen garden should contain a 

 few hills of this desirable bean. The 

 Crystal White Wax and the Golden 

 Wax Dwarf, two new sorts, are deci- 

 dedly among the best varieties of bush 

 beans grown, and command the very 

 highest price in the markets. The first 

 sort is a beautiful white bean, with 

 large waxy transparent pods. It is 

 stringless, very crisp and tender and of 

 fine flavor. The pods harden slowly, 

 so that they remain in good condition 

 for the table longer than most of the 

 other sorts. This sort commands the 

 highest price of any bush bean grown. 

 The Golden Wax Dwarf has the name 

 of being not only a good snap bean, 

 but also a good shell bean, and is there- 

 fore a desirable sort to grow for the 

 market, while for the farmer's own 

 table hardly any other sort can take its 

 place. The pods are of good size, long 

 and quite brittle. Some marketmen 

 pronounce it the best snap bean culti- 

 vated, its tenderness and flavor making 

 it extremely popular. When grown on 

 suitable land the bean crop is one of the 

 best paying of all products grown on 

 the farm, since they command a ready 

 sale and usually are a cheap article of 

 food. Of running beans the new sort 

 from France known there as the Moret 

 D'Or and here as the Golden Butter 

 bean is attracting considerable attention. 

 It is without doubt one of the most 

 prolific of the pole or running sorts, 

 while its quality is unsurpassed. The 

 pods are a golden yellow, very hand- 

 some and well-filled. Growers of the 

 pole bean should certainly test this 

 sort. — Farm and Garden. 



WHAT PLANTS TO GROW IN THE 

 HOUSE. 



Most amateur florists undertake too 

 much. They would like a large collec- 

 tion and they want choice kinds like 

 those they see in conservatories belong- 

 ing to wealthy people. 



After several yeai's of experience I 

 have come to the conclusion that we 

 have but a comparatively small list of 

 plants which it is advisable for the am- 

 ateur to select from for ordinary window 

 culture. As one gains experience and 

 becomes familiar with the requirements 

 of the plants under his care, it will 

 do to " branch out." Plants which 

 they would have failed with at the 

 beginning, they may succeed with 

 later. It is better m this, as in most 

 other undertakings, to go slowly. Learn 

 how to take care of a few less particular 

 plants before you undertake to care for 

 some which require more careful treat- 

 ment. 



Let us suppose that you have but one 

 window in which to grow plants ; you 

 want flowering kinds for the most part, 

 and you cannot have more than a dozen 

 in all unless your window is a large one, 

 for it is far more satisfactory to have a 

 few plants with room for development 

 than a large number crowded together 

 until all individuality is lost in a con- 

 fused mass of foliage. Shall I select for 

 you 1 Well, my first choice is the 



GERANIUM, 



because it is one of the most easily cared 

 for plants that we have, and it is one of 

 the most free flowering, and its foliage 

 is always bright and vigorous. There 

 are other plants that I prefer to the 

 Geranium, but under the supposed cir- 

 cumstances none that I would unhesi- 

 tatingly recommend. It is sure to do 

 well if not shamefully neglected. It is 

 the flower for the million. The pai*tic- 

 ular varieties I would leave you to se- 

 lect for yourself. I think I would first 



