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Cultivated as a vegetable in many parts of the world ; Uganda 

 (Dawe, Report Bot, Miss. Uganda, 1906, p. 43) ; Angola (Hiern. Cat. 

 Welw. Afr. PL i. p. 191) ; has done well in Old Calabar. 



In Angola there are more than 25 varieties differing in shape, 

 colour and size of seed ; the best is an elliptical, thin-skinned, white 

 variety (Hiern 1. c.) 



Irish (12th Report Missouri Bot. Gdn. 1. c.) describes 136 varieties : 

 " Navy " is the one from which the famous " Boston baked beans " 

 are prepared ; the pods are very inferior for cooking purposes, but 

 the seed is much used in baking and for stock food ; it is grown 

 largely as a field crop in America ; " Triumph " is very early and 

 productive. " Black Speckled " is extensively grown around Paris 

 (as " Haricot de Bagnolet," Vilmorin Andrieux, PL Potageres, 

 p. 306) : " Dwarf Case Knife " is very productive. " Golden Cran- 

 berry " is said to be universally cultivated. " Canadian Wonder," 

 a dwarf vigorous plant is one of the best for producing a good crop. 

 " Ne plus ultra " is a well known variety grown in gardens in this 

 country. 



Many other varieties might be mentioned, including early, 

 medium and late, but Vilmorin Andrieux (PL Potageres, Paris 1904) 

 describe 188 varieties, and most nurserymen have their specialities 

 to recommend. In the Museum at Kew there are specimens of the 

 seeds of upwards of 200 varieties. 



The seeds may be white, black, yellow, brown, red, and in various 

 shades of these colours, or variegated. 



Sow in rows about 2 to 3 feet apart, the beans 8 or 9 inches apart 

 in the rows and about one inch deep. The seeds germinate in a few 

 days and the plants begin to bear in the course of a month or six 

 weeks. 



A light rich soil in an open situation, with protection (light shade) 

 from excessive sunlight suits this plant. The dwarf varieties 

 require no support, but the taller growing sorts must be kept off the 

 ground. 



Ref. — " Haricot Beans," in Food Grains of India, Church, p. 147, 



with analysis " Phaseolus vulgaris, the Kidney, French, or 



Haricot Bean," in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, Watt, vi. 1, 1892, 



pp. 194-195. "Phaseolus vulgaris" Irish, in 12th Report, Missouri 



Bot. Gdn. 1901 : "Garden Beans Cultivated as Esculents," pp. 93-142. 



" Haricot, Phaseolus vulgaris" in PL Potageres, Vilmorin 



Andrieux, pp. 285-337 (Paris, 1904) ; English translation : " The 

 Vegetable Garden," Robinson, pp. 32-90 (John Murray, London, 

 1905). "Kidney Beans {Phaseolus vulgaris)" Tracy, U.S. Dept. 

 Agric. Bureau PL Industry, Bull. No. 109, 1907 : " American 

 varieties of Garden Beans," pp. 53-133, with descriptions of 

 138 varieties, illustrated. 



VlGNA, Savi. 



Vigna Catjang, Walp. in Linnaea, xiii. (1839) p. 533 \_V. sinensis, 

 Endl. ; Fl. Trop. Afr, ii. p. 204.] 



III. — Bot. Mag. t. 2232 (Dolickos Catiang) ; Church, Food Grains, 

 India, t. 30 ; Duthie, Field Crops, tt. 29, 30 ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflan. 

 iii. pt. 3, f. 136 J-M ; Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, iii. Nov. 1892, t. 54 ; 

 Engl. Pflan. Ost Afr. t. 24, ff. F-G (V. sinensis, pod and seed); 

 Journ. Dept. Agric. W. Australia, iv. Oct. 1901, p. 241 ; Irish, 12th 

 Report Missouri Bot. Gdn. 1901, t. 44, f. 11 (var. Mongette), f. 12 



