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Stem three or four feet high, separating near Red or Scar- 

 let Blos- 

 the ground into four branches ; flowers gen- somed. 



erally bright red, approaching scarlet, but varying from pale 

 to purplish-red and blackish-purple, and sometimes to nearly 

 jet black ; the pods, which differ from all other varieties in 

 their dark, rusty-brown color, are erect, four inches long, 

 nearly an inch broad, and contain three, and sometimes four, 

 seeds. 



The variety is remarkably hardy and productive, but less 

 esteemed than many others, on account of its dark color. It 

 deserves cultivation as an ornamental plant. 



This variety resembles the Violet or Purple, Bed "Wind- 

 sor, 

 and grows about four feet high. The pods are SCARLET WIXD- 



SOK. DARK RED- 



narrower than those of the Broad Windsor, 



and contain about the same number of seeds ; in the green 



state, these are darker than those of the Violet, but 



change to scarlet when full grown, and to deep red when 



ripe. 



The Red Windsor is late, but prolific, and of good quality. 

 It is, however, little cultivated, on account of its dark and 

 unattractive appearance. The seed weighs about thirty-one 

 grains. 



A very Dwarf, and comparatively new vari- Royal Dwarf 



Cluster, 

 ety, growing only twelve or fourteen inches Mcint. 



high. It produces its pods in clusters, three or four beans 

 in each pod, which are smaller than Marshall's Early Pro- 

 lific. On account of its branching habit, it should not 

 have less than ten or twelve inches in the line, which is 

 nearly its proper distance between the rows. It is much 

 esteemed for the delicacy and small size of the beans while 

 young, and considered one of the best of the early Dwarf 

 sorts. 



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