274 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



BEANS. 



Gardeners recognize three groups of beans, which are 

 designated in catalogues and other publications <>u the 

 subject of plants as — 



1. Ordinary broad bean (Vicia Faint). 



2. Bush, Dwarf, or Freuch kidney beans (Phaseolus 

 vulgaris or P. lunatus). Under this head is classed all 

 those beans called by seedmen "Bunch," "Snaps," etc. 



3. Pole or climbing beans (Phaseolus multiflorus). 



The last two groups are subdivided into — 



Bush lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus var. macrocarpus). 



There are three types under this division, viz.: (1) Sieva or 



Carolina, (2) flat, and (3) potato. 

 Pole lima beans. 



Under these several heads a number of varieties have 

 been developed by the seedmen, some of which are well 

 adapted to Southern soils and climate. 



BEAN, ENGLISH BROAD.— (Vicia Faba.) 



The English Broad Beau is an annual from two to four 

 feet high, with white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, 

 with a black spot in the middle of the wings; seed pods 

 thick, long, wooll} T within, enclosing large, ovate, flat 

 seeds, for the sake of which it is much cultivated in 

 Europe. It is a native of the East — some say of Egypt, 

 but is probably from Persia, near the Caspian Sea — and 

 has been cultivated from time immemorial. 



VARIETIES. 



Mazagan. — Sweet and agreeable in flavor, and pro- 

 duces well if planted early. Far the most productive 

 variety with me. Pods contain three or four beans, which 

 are small, oblong, and thick. 



