152 GAEDEN PLANTS. PART IT. 



The seeds should be sown in October, when the Bains are 

 over, in a row, at the distance of three inches apart. I have 

 sown the seeds earlier, and had plants in blossom in the Eains. 

 Their old familiar scarlet flowers looked very pretty ; but they 

 dropped off without setting a single pod. The plants, when 

 about three inches high, should have sticks put in the ground 

 for their support. 



Phaseolus vulgaris. 



FKENCH OR KIDNEY BEANS. 



1. KUNNERS. Kunner French Beans I have found to be far 

 less prolific in this country than the Dwarf kinds ; and as they 

 in no way compensate by their flavour for their scanty produce, 

 it is perhaps desirable to make the principal sowings consist of 

 the Dwarf kind. 



The Dutch, bearing small ivory-like seeds, next to the Dwarf 

 kinds has proved with me the most productive. The plant is 

 of slender habit, does not grow high, and bears long, narrow, 

 very delicate pods. 



The seed should be sown in October, in a row, about three 

 inches apart. I have had the plants in blossom in the Eains, 

 but found them utterly unproductive at that season. 



2. DWARFS. Of the Dwarf kinds of French Beans, as those 

 are called which require no sticks for their support, there are 

 a great many named varieties. The principal or only difference, 

 however, between them seems to consist in the form and colour 

 of the ripened seeds. In . flavour, at least as regards those 

 cultivated in this country, the several varieties are as much 

 alike as possible. 



The first sowing may be made about the beginning of 

 October in a good soil. The seeds should be put in two 

 inches apart, about an inch deep, in rows, two feet between 

 each row. 



The seed, if sound, will germinate in three or four days ; 

 and the plants will come into full bearing in about six weeks 

 from the time of sowing. As the crops are of short continuance, 

 sowings should be made in succession at intervals of about ten 

 days to keep up a constant supply. 



I have not found Dwarf French Beans thrive well except in 

 a situation considerably shaded. Where much exposed to the 



