LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



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The pods are small and straight, usually four inches long, 

 and nearly half an inch broad. They are pale green at 

 first, afterwards change to yellowish-white, tinted or washed 

 with bright pink, and contain six or seven beans. 



The ripe seeds are pale brownish-drab, nearly half an 

 inch long, and a fourth of an inch deep. Thirty-six hun- 

 dred are contained in a quart, which will plant a row four 

 hundred feet in length, or four hundred hills. 



The variety is not early, and, when cultivated for its 

 seeds, should have the benefit of the whole season ; though, 

 with favorable autumnal weather, the crop will ripen if 

 planted the middle of June. 



In its manner of growth and general character, the New- 

 ington Wonder resembles the Tampico, or Turtle-soup. As 

 a string-beau, it is one of the best. The pods, though not 

 large, are crisp, succulent, and tender, and are produced in 

 great abundance throughout most of the season. The seeds, 

 both in their green and ripe state, are small, and of little 

 value for the table. 



Nonpareil. The plants of this variety are strong and 

 vigorous, and somewhat resemble the Mohawk, 

 or White Kidney, growing eighteen inches high ; the flow- 

 ers are white ; the pods are five and a half or six inches 

 long, green at first, cream-yellow at maturity, and contain 

 five or six seeds. 



Planted the 20th of May, the variety was in flower July 9, 

 and ripened Aug. 12, or in eighty-four days from the time 

 of planting. 



The ripe seeds are strongly kidney-shaped, nearly three- 

 fourths of an inch long, white, with a broad and somewhat 

 irregular patch of red about the eye, and numerous spots of 

 the same color upon the back and sides : fourteen hundred 

 are contained in a quart ; and this amount of seed will plant 

 a hundred and seventy-five feet of drill, or a hundred and 

 fifty hills. 



