DWARF EDIBLE-PODDED KIDNEY BEANS 87 



Haricot du Bon Jardinier. 



square, or rounded at both ends, resembling closely that of 



the ^Hundredfold Bean. 



Emile Dwarf Kidney Bean. An exceedingly dwarf and 



remarkably early variety, 

 seldom more than 8 or 

 10 in. high. Leaves 

 medium sized, of a rather 

 dark green, and slightly 

 crimped ; flowers white 

 or very pale lilac ; pods 

 somewhat curved, 4 or 

 5 in. long, very fleshy, 

 green before ripening and 

 never turning white or 

 yellow, each containing 

 from five to seven oblong 

 violet-coloured seeds 

 marbled with light gray, 



about J in. long and J in. broad and thick. This variety, which 



was recently raised by M. Perrier de la Bathie, seems to us to 



be both the dwarfest and the earliest of all the Edible-podded 



Kidney Beans, and is specially suitable for forcing. 



Dwarf Purple-podded Bean. A dwarf Bean remarkable for 



the dark blackish colour which extends to all its parts ; the stems 



dark purple, the leaves tinged violet, especially towards autumn, 



and the pods so much so as to appear almost black. Like those of 



the Purple Runner Bean, 



the pods become green 



in the cooking. The 



plant is bushy, vigorous, 



half-early, and produces 



very fleshy, tender pods, 



distinct from those of 



any other sort. 



Predome Dwarf 



Kidney Bean. The 



pods and seeds of this 



variety are exactly like 



those of the Tall-growing 



Predome Kidney Bean, 



but less abundantly pro- 



duced, and this deficiency Dwarf pur P le -P ddcd Skinle5s French Bean - 



is not redeemed by any other particular merit. The ordinary 



Predome Kidney Bean does not require very tall stakes, so that 



it is not one of those kinds in which the raising of a dwarf variety 



is any advantage. 



