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smaller than those of the Large White Runner, and are more like 

 those of the Liancourt Kidney Bean, being white, rather flat, 



and moderately kidney- 

 shaped. 



Dwarf Green- 

 seeded Soissons Bean. 

 Resembles the pre- 

 ceding but is a little 

 earlier, and its leaves 

 are a darker green. 

 Pods curved, about J in. 

 long, a little less in 

 breadth, usually pro- 

 duced in pairs, and con- 

 taining six large green 

 seeds, a little over J in. 

 in length, rather more 



Dwarf Green Soissons Bean. than J in. broad, and 



J in. thick. The method 



practised for drying the seed so that it may keep its green colour 

 is the same as for the other green-seeded kinds. 



Early Dwarf Scimitar Kidney Bean. This very distinct 

 and valuable variety differs completely from the old Dwarf Case- 

 knife, which is now no longer cultivated. It is a low-growing 

 and very thick-set plant, with broad leaves, slightly crimped, and 

 dark lustrous green. Flowers white ; pods long, broad, straight, 

 and well filled. The plant comes into flower almost about the 

 same time as the White 

 Flageolet, and its earliness, 

 and also the fineness of its 

 seeds, render it a valuable 

 kind for forcing under a 

 frame. The seeds are 

 broad and well filled, nearly 

 | in. long, over % in. broad, 

 and J in. thick, pure white, 

 and, like the skin, some- 

 times slightly wrinkled. 



Common White Flat 

 Bean. An ancient vari- 

 ety, still used in certain 

 countries for field culture. 



Early Dwarf Scimitar Kidney Bean 

 (f natural size). 



May be classed also with 



the Runner Beans, because 



the branches, though they do not climb well, run to a considerable 



length, and trail on the ground. The foliage is abundant, rather 



