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than three or four seeds, which are, however, very large and 

 tender. 



Among the American varieties of the Dwarf Lima Bean, we 

 may mention : — 



Burpee's Willow-leaf Bush Dwarf Lima Bean.— i\ dwarf 

 form of the Burpee's Willow-leaf mentioned above. 



Dwarf Large White Lima Bean, Burpee's Bush Lima 

 Bean. — Only differs from the foregoing in being earlier. 



Burpee's Quarter- Century Dwarf Lima Bean. — The same 

 remark applies to this. 



Kumerle Dwarf Lima Bean, Dreer's Bush Lima Bean.— 

 A dwarf form of the Challenger Lima Bean described above. 



Dwarf Sieva Lima Bean, Henderson's Bush Lima Bean, 

 Wood's New Prolific Lima Bean. — A frankly dwarf form of the 

 Small Lima or Sieva Bean, forming low thick tufts. Earlier than 

 its runner variety, it ripens its seed in the Paris climate. In the 

 United States it is one of the most valued and most cultivated kinds. 



DOLICHOS 



Several species of the genus Dolichos also are cultivated as 

 kitchen-garden plants, especially in warm countries, but of these we 

 shall only mention kinds that can be grown in the climate of Paris. 



Black-eyed Dolichos {Dolichos unguiculatus^ L. Leguminosce). 

 — An annual plant, usually growing from 20 in. to 2 ft. high, with 

 leaves composed of three triangular, elongated leaflets, which are 

 rounded at the base, very smooth, and dark green. Flowers large, 

 changing from white to rose-colour and lilac, with a deeper-coloured 

 blotch at the base of the petals, and growing in twos or threes on a 

 thick stout flower-stalk ; pods pale green, straight, or curved as 

 they become heavy, varying in length from 6 to 10 in., nearly 

 cylindrical, and slightly bulged over the seeds, which usually lie at 

 some distance from each other ; seeds rather variable in size and 

 colour, usually white, short kidney-shape, blunt or square at both 

 ends, slightly wrinkled, and marked with a very pronounced black 

 blotch around the hilum. In those countries where, as in Italy, the 

 Black-eyed Dolichos is extensively cultivated, a great number of 

 varieties are grown, which differ from one another principally in the 

 size of the seeds. The climate of Britain is too cold for these plants, 

 but many parts of the Colonies are suited for their culture. They 

 bear a degree of heat which would injure the Beans that thrive with 

 us. Culture is the same as that of the Dwarf Varieties of Kidney 

 Beans. This plant, however, is not very particular as to the soil in 

 which it is grown. The young pods are cooked in the same way 

 as green Haricots. 



Years ago, M. Durieu de Maisonneuve, director of the Botanic 

 Garden at Bordeaux, introduced a very singular variety of this 



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