MAULE'S BITTER "WAX.— During the last few years there has been quite a num- 

 ber of Wax Beans brought before the notice of the American public, so many varieties, in 

 fact, that I certainly would have hesitated about adding another to the already long list, 

 unless I was perfectly confident that I had a sort that would lay all others on the shelf. Butter 

 Wax is unquestionably the earliest Wax Bean, while its beautiful, transparent golden-yellow 

 pods absolutely contain more meat than any other variety. The dry beans are white 

 with an irregular brown eye, and as it comes from an accidental cross between the Golden 

 Wax and Dwarf Black Wax, it will be seen that it is very similar to that very fine variety re- 

 cently introduced, called the Black Eyed Wax. Being entirely stringless, Maule's Butter 

 Beans can be used as a String Bean until nearly ripe ; in fact, longer than any other 

 sort. It is also one of the hardiest varieties, and is less liable to spot than any other. 

 Four cardinal points may be given why it should head the list of all other wax varieties. 

 First, quality, which is unexcelled. Second, stringlessness, as they are absolutely 

 without strings. Third, earliness, for in this respect they are not surpassed by any other 

 an in cultivation. Fourth, solid meat, for a pithy or hollow pod cannot be found. 

 Maule's Butter Beans, as soon as their superior qualities are known, -will lead all other 

 wax sorts. Packet, 15 cents; pint, 35 cents ; quart, 60 cents ; 2 quarts, $1.00, postpaid. 



NONPAREIL GREEN POD No garden will be complete without Non- 

 pareil. It is about the very last Bean to mature, and comes in at the time when almost 

 all other varieties are hard and stringy. This one point, will recommend Nonpareil, but at 

 the same time is only one of the many qualifications. On the grounds of the New York 

 Experimental Station last year, and everywhere else where grown, it was by all odds the 

 most vigorous and hardy of all, so I have no hesitancy in saying it -will with- 

 stand dry weather better than any other. In productiveness it is certainly re- 

 markable, "the vines being fairly loaded with numbers of long, dark green pods, that, when 

 pulled before maturity, are of most excellent quality, and if allowed to mature they will be 

 found one of the most productive to grow for shell beans, as the crop is matured all at once, 

 and the pods are always full of large, red speckled, kidney-shaped Beans, which cook 

 tender and mealy. Pkt., 15 cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart, 50 cents ; 2 quarts, 80 cents, postpaid. 



I will send one packet of each of the above Beans for 25 cents, or one pint 

 of each of the above varieties for 60 cents. 



KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA "The vines grow luxuriantly, and furnish a 



bountiful supply of enormous pods, many specimens measuring from 5 to 8 inches and pro- 

 ducing 5, 6, and 7 beans to the pod, all perfectly formed and possessing superb qualities, 

 unexcelled by any that have come to my notice during a practical experience in bean 

 culture of 20 years." Packet, 15 cents ; pint, 50 cents ; quart, 80 cents. 



