74 VINES 
the vine will start to flower the middle of July 
and will continue till frost. Sow when the ground 
is dry, and in case of excessive rainfall, cover the 
ground over the seeds with a small piece of glass 
or wood. The seeds will rot if they get too wet 
before germination. The scarlet runner is a 
twiner, but requires a little tying to its support 
until established; after that the vines will take 
care of themselves. Under good cultivation, 
the plant attains a height of ten to twelve feet. 
There is a white form which many prefer to the 
red for the garden, called the Dutch case-knife 
bean. 
A newer ornamental bean is the butterfly 
runner (Phaseolus multiflorus var. papilio). It 
is just as floriferous as the other two varieties, 
with larger individual flowers, and the wings, 
which are pure white, expand better. The 
standards are a salmon brown. Its familiar 
relative, the Lima bean (P. Lunatus macrocarpus), 
is grown solely for the table, but is not to be over- 
looked as a possible ornamental vine on trellises, 
where the main object is a screen of green foliage. 
A very good vine of easy cultivation is the 
popular hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab). The 
flowers are a reddish violet and are produced on 
a raceme, borne well away from the foliage, 
