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the latter is preferable for culinary 

 purposes on account of its greater 

 mealiness and thinner skin. There is 

 also a third variety with two-coloured 

 flowers, hut it is not superior to either 

 of the above. A good bearer, but not- 

 very earlv. 



Dwarf. Dwarf White Dutch, Dutch 

 Long Pod, or Early Dwarf Dutch. Pods 

 long, narrow, and excellent when green ; 

 seeds white, small, a little compressed. 

 Not very early in this country. 



Early White, or Brewer's White. 

 Seeds white, narrow, rather long, and 

 cylindrical. It is very dwarf, early, good 

 for forcing, equally suited for eating 

 green, and when the seeds are ripe. 



Dwarf White Sans-parchemin forms 

 thick bushy plants. Good whilst green ; 

 stringless till three parts grown, and 

 excellent when ripe. 



Dwarf American White. Pod short 

 of a strong and branching habit, some- 

 times climbing a little, but generally 

 dwarf, and not requiring support ; very 

 prolific ; its short, swollen pod a little 

 hooked, strongly coloured with reddish 

 brown, particularly at the two extremi- 

 ties ; this is not in the least stringy. 



Of the Haricot Suisse there are 

 many varieties, of which the principal 

 are the white, the grey, and the red. 



Dwarf Black Spotted. Grown parti- 

 cularly in the Maine. The Mohawk 

 from the United States. 



Dwarf Red Speckled, Fulner's Spotted 

 Dwarf, and Long Spotted French. These 

 have peculiar characters, according to 

 the length and form of their seeds. 

 They are all excellent in a green state, 

 for which they are chielly used. 



Dwarf Negro. Used in a green state ; 

 this rivals the Swiss varieties. This is 

 one of the best for general use, and an 

 abundant bearer. 



Haricot Noir de Belyiqtie. Is perfectly 

 dwarf, and is the earliest which we are 

 yet acquainted with. Its pods, although 

 rather pale, are very good in a young 

 state. 



Crimson Runner. Highly esteemed 

 for stewing when ripe ; seeds red, flat, 

 and small. 



Flat Yellow Canada. The most 

 dwarf, and one of the earliest skinless, 

 and therefore either good when young 



or when full grown ; seeds nearly 

 round, pale yellow, very good when 

 dried. A good bearer. 



Polish Beans. A prolific sort, excel- 

 lent either fresh-shelled or dried ; seeds 

 rather large, roundish, and sulphur- 

 coloured. There is a sub -variety of it 

 with clear bronze-coloured seeds, which 

 also appears to be good. A good bearer 

 and early. Gard. Chron. 



Soil and Situation.. A very light, 

 mellow, well-drained loam. For the 

 early and late crops, a sheltered border 

 must always be allotted, or in a single 

 row about a foot from a south fence, 

 otherwise the situation cannot be too 

 open. 



Sowing commences with the year. 

 They may be sown towards the end of 

 January in pots, and placed upon the 

 flue of the hothouse, or in rows in the 

 mould of a hotbed, for production in 

 March, to be repeated once every three 

 weeks in similar situations during 

 February and March, for supplying the 

 table during April; a small sowing 

 may be made if fine open weather, 

 under a frame without heat, for re- 

 moval into a sheltered border early in 

 May. The chief requisites for success 

 in the hothouse is to have them near 

 the glass ; to keep them well watered ; 

 the air moist, and ventilated as much 

 as the season permits. 



During May, and thence until the 

 first week in August, sowings may be 

 made once every three weeks. In 

 September, forcing recommences at 

 first merely under frames without bot- 

 tom heat ; October, and thence to the 

 close of the year, in hotbeds, <fcc. as in 

 January. Sowing, when a removal is 

 intended, should always be made in 

 pots, the plants being less retarded 

 as the roots are less injured, than 

 when the seed is inserted in patches or 

 rows in the earth of the bed. It is a 

 good practice, likewise, to repeat each 

 sowing in the frames without heat 

 after the lapse of a week, as the first 

 will often fail, when a second, although 

 after so short a lapse of time will per- 

 fectly succeed. In every instance the 

 seed is buried one and a half or two 

 inches deep. The rows of the main 

 crops to be two feet apart, the seed 



