DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



PHASEOLUS LIMENSIS ET MULTIFLORUS. 

 Fr. Haricots a ramcs. — Ger. StanghoJuien. 



All described under this head, require poles eight or ten feet long. They 

 should be planted at the same time with the dwarf beans, and like them, require 

 a warm, mellow soil. Stick poles three feet apart each way, raise a hill, and 

 around them plant six or seven beans ; cover one inch deep with light, mellow 

 earth, 



London Horticultural — A medium-sized, oval bean, light red and cream 

 color, speckled ; pods, full, round, and striped with red ; used both in the pod 

 and shelled. A standard variety for general cultivation ; very productive, and 

 good dry. 



Larare White Lima. — A large, late bean, ^^•ith broad, rough pod ; seeds, 

 white, broad, and rather full. It is surpassed by no other variety, and is a gen- 

 eral favorite wherever it can be cultivated ; sometimes the plant is destroyed by 

 cold, wet weather ; to insure against this, the beans can be sprouted in flo-wer 

 pots, and set out when the weather becomes AA-ann, which will increase their 

 earliness two or three weeks. 



Small White Lima. — Resembles the Large Lima in growth, but is not 

 equal to it in rich, buttery flavor. It is earlier, more hardy, and surer to pro- 

 duce a crop. Seeds, smaller, white, and quite flat. It is a good substitute for 

 the Large Lima in localities where it does not mature well, on account of earlv 

 frosts. 



Griant Wax. — Pods, from six to nine inches long, thick and fleshy, of a 

 pale yellow color, and waxy appearance ; seeds, red. The pods, when full 

 grozi'H, are perfectly tender, and may be tcsed as a snap bean. 



Dutch Case Knife. — This is the earliest variety of Pole Beans. Pods, 

 long and flat ; beans, white, flat, kidney-shaped, and of excellent flavor ; used 

 for snaps, or shelled ; good green or dry ; an abundant bearer, and well adapted 

 to winter use. 



Scarlet Runner. — This variety grows about twelve or fifteen feet high ; 

 foliage, green, and flowers of brilliant scarlet ; it is generally cultivated as an 

 ornamental climber, and is really very attractive ; is used in many localities as 

 a vegetable ; the pods, when young, are very tender ; good shelled. 



White Runner. — Like the Scarlet, except in the color of the seeds and 

 flowers, which are pure white. These two kinds differ from all others, in com- 

 ing out of the ground with seed leaves detached. They are both quite orna- 

 mental. 



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BETA VULGARIS. 



Fr. Betterave. — Ger. Rothe Rube. 



This plant is a native of the sea coasts of the south of Europe, and is said 

 to have been cultivated for its beautiful, red roots, long before its edible prop- 



