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as broad and a little less in thickness. A very interesting 

 variety owing to its small size and great earliness. Admirably 

 adapted for forcing, but also 

 well suited for open ground 

 culture. 



Dwarf Golden Wax 

 Bean. — Very dwarf, com- 

 pact, early and productive ; 

 pods tender and fleshy even 

 when fully grown. The 

 seeds five or six in a pod, 

 small, oval, bright yellow, 

 and about J in. long, about 

 t in. broad, and a little 

 less in thickness. Its earli- 

 ness and the little space it 

 occupies suit it well for 

 glass as well as for open 

 ground culture. 



Digoin Wax Dwarf 

 Bean. — A vigorous, half- 

 early and very productive 

 variety for field as well 

 as kitchen-garden culture. 

 Dwarf, bushy, compact, 

 branching, with large dark 

 green leaves ; numerous fleshy, thick pods of a beautiful golden 

 yellow,, and free from parchment. The seeds are oval and of 



chamois-colour. 



Mont d'Or Dwarf 

 Wax or Butter Bean. — 

 A very productive and 

 very early variety of Dwarf 

 Butter Bean. Stems i ft. 

 to 16 in. high, branching ; 

 leaves large, rough, but 

 not crimped, deep green, 

 remarkable for the very 

 variable shape of the 

 terminal leaflet, which is 

 sometimes long and 

 pointed, and sometimes 

 nearly round and quite 

 blunt at end ; pods very 

 numerous, 4 or 5 in. long, well filled, and pale yellow ; seeds 

 small and round, dark red, deepening into black. 



Dwarf Golden Wax Bean. 



Mont d'Or Dwarf Butter Bean. 



