By Mr. George Gordon. 



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No. 5. VlOLETTE. 

 French Synonym. Feve verte de la Chine. 



Leaves oblong and pointed, mostly six in number, rather large 

 and of a light green colour. Stems about four and a half feet high. 

 Blossoms white with the vexillum striped with brown and two dark 

 brown spots on the alae. Pods long and broad, mostly containing 

 three but sometimes four beans, which are large and broad, white 

 stained with purple when young, but when ripe of a dark red 

 colour. This is a tolerably good bean, and worth growing as it is 

 somewhat later than the Mazagan in coming into use. 



No. 6. Long Pod. 



French Synonym. Fe>e a longues cosses. 



English Synonyms. Common Long Pod — Hang Down Long Pod — Early Long Pod 

 —Large Long Pod— Sword Long Pod— Windsor Long Pod— Moon— Wrench's 

 Early Moon — Lisbon — Early Lisbon — Sandwich. 



Leaves ovate, slightly pointed and very large, mostly five, but 

 sometimes six in number, of a dark green colour. Stems about four 

 and a half feet high. Blossoms white, with the vexillum striped 

 with brown, and two brown spots on the alae. Pods long but not 

 very broad, mostly containing four, but sometimes five beans, 

 which are large, broad, thin, and white. This is a good bean and of 

 excellent quality. 



No. 7. Dutch Long Pod. 

 Leaves nearly oval and plane, very large and seldom more than 

 six in number, of a light green colour. Stems about five feet high. 

 Blossoms white, with the vexillum striped with brown, and two 

 brown spots on the ahe. Pods long and broad, containing five or 



