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London Horticultural. A very popular variety for 

 private use, as it is equally serviceable in the green state, 

 or, when mature enough, to shell. Seeds oval, marbled 

 with purplish-brown. 



Scarlet Runner. (Phaseolus coccineus.) A great 

 favorite in European gardens, both as an ornamental 

 plant, and a useful vegetable. It grows to the hight of 9 

 or 10 feet, producing dazzling scarlet flowers, from July 

 to October. Used as string beans, and shelled. Seeds 

 lilac, mottled with black. 



White Runner. Similar in all respects to the above, 

 except in color of flowers and seeds. 



Red and White Cranberry. These are intermediate 

 in season of maturing. Very popular sorts, used either 

 as string beans or shelled. 



BEET. (Beta vulgaris.) 



This is one of the leading and most valuable crops of 

 our market gardens, and next to Cabbages, is perhaps the 

 most extensively grown as an early crop. The soil best 

 suited, is that which is rather light than otherwise, always 

 provided that it is thoroughly enriched by manure. We 

 make little difference in the manner of working or'manur 

 ing the ground for any of our leading early crops ; the 

 ground must, in all cases, be thoroughly pulverized by 

 plowing, subsoiling, and harrowing, and when stable ma- 

 nure can be procured, plowed in at the rate of 75 or 100 

 tons per acre. If stable manure cannot be had, the next 

 best substitutes must be used in the quantities specified 1 



