DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 319 
handsome annual, growing about one foot high, and pro- 
ducing a terminal raceme of fine blue flowers, each flower 
being about three quarters of an inch across. This lovely 
plant produces a fine effect when planted in beds or mas- 
ses; in flower most of the season, The whole herbage is 
of a dull green, copiously clothed with glandular viscid 
hairs; the glands of a soot black. 
P. divaricdta.—Straggling Phacelia,—A small, light- 
violet flower from California, not very showy. 2. multi- 
Jlora is in gardens here, but, although preferable to this, 
is not very likely to become a favorite. 
P. Menziésii.—Menzics’ Phacelia.—A beautiful hardy 
annual, .The whole plant is clothed with hoary down, in- 
termixed with longer bristly hairs. Flowers light-blue, in 
racemes an inch long. The plant should be cultivated in 
a light soil and sunny situation. P. tanacetifolia from Cal- 
ifornia, and P. congesta from Texas, are also cultivated. 
PHASEOLUS.—Kioney Bran. 
[The ancient name of the Kidney Bean.] 
Phaséolus coccineus.—Scarlet Runner.—This, which is 
sometimes called P. multiflorus, is a native of South 
America. ‘ Before Miller’s time it was cultivated less for 
its fruit than for the beauty and durability of its blossoms, 
which the ladies put into their nosegays and garlands. 
He brought it into general use for the table, and, because 
it has been found so useful, people seem to think it can be 
no longer ornamental, which is surely a vulgar mistake,” 
It is one of the most tender of all beans for stringing. 
The Scarlet Runner will thrive in any good soil, and is 
well worthy of attention for the beauty of its blossoms. 
It will clothe whole fences or walls for a time, with a lux- 
uriant green and red tapestry. There is also a variety 
