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numerous, round, well filled, containing six to eight seeds each. The 

 seeds are of the Flageolet shape, about f in. long by about half as 

 broad, and about ^ in. thick. Owing to its small size and great 

 earliness this variety can be recommended for growing in frames 

 for an early crop. The seeds are bright green, and they keep their 

 colour if the pods are pulled at the right moment and dried in the 

 same way as the Chevrier Beans. 



Green-seeded Bagnolet Bean. — A very branching dwarf 

 variety, remarkable for its vigorous growth and productiveness. 

 Foliage dark green, very abundant. The tufts are compact, erect, 

 with numerous straight pods of vivid green. The seed is small and 

 very green. Though not as early as Wonder of France, it is much 

 more productive. It is especially suited for producing green pods 

 or Haricots verts, of which it produces an enormous quantity. If 

 allowed to ripen the green colour of the seed gives it an increased 

 value in comparison with white and coloured Beans. 



Long Yellow, or Pale Dun, Flageolet Bean. — A vigorous 

 very dwarf variety, about i8 in. high, with large broad gray-green 

 leaves, somewhat plaited but not much crimped. Flowers white ; 

 pods large, long, straight, and broad, edible as Haricots verts, rather 

 pale in colour ; seeds oblong, very slightly kidney-shaped, about 

 f in. long, a little over \ in. broad, and about the same in thickness, 

 uniform chamois colour, excepting the hiluin, which is white, 

 surrounded by a circle of a rather dark-brown. The seeds are 

 commonly eaten fresh, before they are fully grown, and they ripen 

 rather earlier than those of the white-seeded kind. The plant is 

 also much more productive. 



Dwarf Long Scarlet Flageolet Kidney Bean. — (American 

 Red, or Scarlet, Flageolet). — A vigorous kind, about the same 

 height as the preceding one, but a much darker green, with long, 

 narrow, pointed leaves and rosy-white flowers. Pods long and 

 straight, yielding very good green Haricots ; seeds f in. or more 

 long, over \ in. broad, and about ^ in. thick, straight, or slightly 

 kidney-shaped, nearly cylindrical, and a wine-lees red colour. This 

 variety is one of the hardiest and most productive. It is chiefly 

 grown for its seeds, which are of fine quality when dried. It also 

 produces long straight pods, which are excellent eaten as such. 



The Crimson Wonder and the Canadian Wo7tder Bean are sub- 

 varieties of this kind, differing from it but slightly by the shape 

 of the seed. 



Fame of Vitry Flageolet Bean. — Earlier and smaller 

 in size than the preceding kind, from which it has sprung ; 

 stem hght green, between 15 and 16 in. in length; leaves 

 broad, and pointed ; flowers pale lilac. Pods about 6 in. long, 

 generally solitary, and containing usually six seeds, resembling 

 those of the Long Scarlet Flageolet Bean, but smaller. An early 



