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BEA 



B.gla'bra (smooth). 15. White. Carthage. 

 1810. Climber. 



fflauce' 'scens (milky-green). 6. White. Cu- 



mana. 1817. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 4. White. 



Peru. 1820. 



i'ndica (Indian). 6. White. East Indies. 



- 1820. 



inefrmis (unarmed). 6. Yellow red. Aea- 



pulco. 1810. 



Lamarkia'na (Lamark's). 6. White. South 



America. 1818. 



latlfo'lia (hroad-leaved). 6. White. West 



Indies. 1818. 



leptopeftala (slender-petaled). 5. Yellow 



green. New Spain. 1818. 



luna'ria (half-moon-leaved). 6. White. 



Acapulco. 1820. 



madagascarie? nsis (Madagascar). 4. Mada- 



gascar. 1826. 



malaba'rica (Malabar). 15. White. East 



Indies. 1810. Climber. 



microphi/lla (small-leaved). 6. White. 



South America. 1817. 



multinefrvia (many-nerved) . 5. White. 



Caraccas. 1808. 



Paulc'tia (Pauletia). 4. White. Panama. 



1737. 



pubt! scens (downy). 4. White. Jamaica. 



1778. 



purpu'rea (purple). 6.> Purple. East 



Indies. 1778. 



racemo'sa (racemed). 20. White. East 



Indies. 1790. Stove climber. 



reMsa (abruptly blunt). 7. White. East 



Indies. 1820. 



sca'ndens (small-leaved climbing). 30. White 



yellow. East Indies. 1790. Climber. 



specio'sa (showy). 10. White. 1820. Stove 



climber. 



subrotundifo'lia (roundish-leaved) . 6. White. 



Acaphlco. 1820. 



tomento'sa (thickly-haired). 6. Yellow 



white. East Indies. 1808. 



tria'ndra (three-stamened). 15. White. 



East Indies. 1823. Stove climber. 



variega'ta (variegated). 6. Striped. June. 



East Indies. 1790. 



BAWD-MONEY. Me'um. 



BAY TREE. La'urus ndbilis. 



BEAD TREE. M'elia. 



BEAM TREE. Pyrus a'ria. 



BEAN (Faba vufyaris). There are many 

 varieties of this vegetable, but we shall 

 only name those which are clearly dis- 

 tinct and valuable. 



Mazagon. This has whitish seeds, 

 rather larger than a horse-bean, two to 

 four feet high. Sown in spring, about ten 

 weeks occur before beans are fit for table. 

 Many sub- varieties in seedsmen's cata- 

 logues. 



Long-Pod. Sandwich, or Lisbon, has 

 various names attached to these. Seeds 

 whitish, about an inch long, and half 

 that in width, flat. Very productive ; 



good for main summer crops. Sown in 

 spring, about twelve weeks elapse before 

 the beans are fit for table. Three to five 

 feet high. 



Johnson's Wonderful.^ This is a long- 

 pod, but even more productive, and wo 

 consider it the best of all the varieties ; 

 pods very numerous ; many with six or 

 even eight beans in them ; and bearing 

 a succession of pods ; seeds rather more 

 broad in proportion to length. 



Dutch Long-Pod has seeds still broader 

 in proportion to length. 



Green Long-Pod, Nonpareil, or Genoa. 

 Differs chiefly from other long-pods by its 

 seeds being green. 



Toker has white, broad, oval seeds. 

 Height five feet. Sown in spring, its 

 beans are ready in twelve weeks ; rather 

 coarse flavoured. 



Windsor, Seeds whitish, flat, circular, 

 an inch in diameter ; only two or three 

 in a pod. Produces a succession of pods ; 

 four feet. Many other names prefixed. 



Green Windsor differs chiefly from the 

 preceding in the colour of its seed. 



The Red Seeded, white Blossomed, Red 

 Blossomed, and some others, have no merits 

 equal to the preceding. The Fan not 

 being more than one foot high, is useful 

 in small gardens to grow among other 

 crops, but it is not productive, and its 

 beans come all at once. 



Soil and situation. The soil should 

 vary with the season. For the winter- 

 standing and early crops, a moderately 

 rich and dry soil is best adapted to them, 

 since, if too moist, the seed is apt to 

 decay; whilst a cool-bottomed more tena- 

 cious soil, is best for the spring and 

 summer sowings. The situation cannot 

 be too unshaded, but a protection from 

 violent winds is very beneficial. 



Times and modes of sowing. For the 

 first production, in the following year, a 

 large sowing of long-pods may be made 

 during the middle of November, and 

 plantations may be continued to be made 

 from the beginning of January to the 

 end of June, once every three weeks. 

 Not later than the 1st of July a last sow- 

 ing may be made. The early Mazagon 

 is best for the earliest and latest plantings, 

 to produce the same year. 



Sowing for transplantation. If the sea- 

 son has been lost for sowing at proper 



