434 LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



American Garden-bean. Asparagus-bean. Lima Bean. Scarlet-runner. 

 Sieva. Chick-pea. Chickling Vetch. English Bean. Japan Pea. 

 Lentil. Lupine. Pea. Pea-nut. Vetch, or Tare. "Winged Pea. 



AMERICAN GARDEN-BEAN. 



French Bean. Kidney Bean. Haricot, of the French. Phaseolus 

 vulgaris. 



ITH the French or Kidney Bean of England 

 and France, the Common Garden-bean of 

 the United States is identical, but is quite 

 distinct from the English or Garden-bean 

 of French and English catalogues. 

 The American Garden-bean is a tender, annual plant from 

 the East Indies, with a dwarfish or climbing stem and trifo- 

 liate leaves. The flowers are variable in color, and produced 

 in loose clusters ; the seeds are produced in long, flattened, 

 or cylindrical, bivalved pods, and differ, in a remarkable 

 degree, in their size, form, and color. Their germinative 

 powers are retained three or four years. 



As catalogued by seedsmen, the varieties are divided into 

 two classes the Dwarfs, and the Pole or Running sorts. 

 Divarfs. The plants of this class vary from a foot to two 

 feet in height. They require no stakes or poles for their 

 support, and are grown in hills or drills, as may suit the 

 taste or convenience of the cultivator. 



