JAPAN PEA. 499 



flowers and the darkest seeds of any of the English Beans. 

 The seed Aveighs about twelve grains. 



Stem about four feet high ; flowers white ; Windsor. 



WHITE BROAD 



the pods are generally horizontal or inclined, *%$&*' 

 five inches long, an inch and a fourth wide, ^^wmJIoaf" 



MUMFORD. 



seven eighths of an inch thick, and contain 25v n wiS. 

 two or three beans ; the seeds are large, yel- 

 lowish, of a flat, circular form, an inch broad, but vary in 

 size according to soil, culture, and season. A quart con- 

 tains from two hundred and fifty to two hundred and seventy- 

 five seeds. 



This familiar sort is much esteemed and extensively culti- 

 vated. It is considered the earliest of the late Garden varie- 

 ties, and excellent as a summer bean, on account of its 

 remaining longer fit for use than any other, with the excep- 

 tion of the Green "Windsor. It is a sure bearer ; and, as 

 the pods are produced in succession, pluckings may be made 

 from day to day for many weeks. 



The seeds are the heaviest of all the English Beans, nine 

 well-grown specimens weighing an ounce. 



JAPAN PEA Hov.Mag. 

 Cajanus hicolor. 



The Japan Pea is a native of the East Indies, and also 

 of Japan, as implied by the name. The plant makes a 

 strong, erect growth, with numerous spreading branches ; 

 the leaves are large, light green, and downy beneath ; the 

 flowers are small, yellow at the centre, the upper petal 

 purple ; the seed-pods are small and downy, and are pro- 

 duced in profuse abundance, growing in clusters over the 

 entire plant ; the seeds are small, roundish, or pea-form, and 

 of a cream-yellow color when ripe. 



