THE LIMA AND THE BUTTER BEAN. 



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Fig. 1. 



Fig. 2. 



Lima Bean. 



Butter Bean. 



These Lima and Butter beans were premium specimens of those varieties, which were exhibited at 

 the Horticultural Exhibition of the Albany and Rensselaer Counties Society. The first was a very fine 

 and perfect sample of the variety. 



The Butter bean is a beautiful bush bean, having a fine blue color, and, as its name implies, is very 

 rich and nutritive. It is not extensively cultivated, but well deserves to replace some of the older varie- 

 ties. The plant, it will be observed, breaks up into numerous varieties, each of which is marked by dis- 

 tinct characters. In fact the varieties of bean are more distinct than those of other plants. 



