REPOET ON KIDNEY BEANS GROWN AT CHTSWICK IN 1876. 265 
Flowers Salmon., 
124. Louis Boutard. | 126. P. Buck. 
Flowers Oculate. 
132. M. Saisson Lorrial. 
Floivers White. 
136. Madame iEmilio Baltet. I 138. Venus. 
137. Mrs. Trevor Clarke. | 
XL VI. Report on Dwarf Kidney Eeans Grown for Trial by the 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society at Chiswick, 1876. 
For several preceding seasons an endeavour has been made to 
secure a complete trial of the entire collection of the Dwarf- 
growing Kidney Beans, so as to be able to make a selection 
of the really good and distinct varieties which might exist amongst 
the very numerous and confusing mass of names that appear in 
seed lists. 
JSTearly every named sort that appeared in English seed lists was 
secured, and a portion of those most recommended on the Conti- 
nent. 
In all 190 differently named sorts were tested, but it was con- 
sidered unnecessary to go to the expense of testing all the foreign 
varieties, as the Eutter or Flesh Beans of Southern Germany, and 
the Haricots of France, which are grown for the ripe seeds, and 
are mostly unsuited for the climate of this country. 
It may be noted also that very many of the Continental varieties 
of Dwarf Kidney Beans have a great tendency to become runners, 
and even seeds of the most approved varieties saved abroad have 
same tendency, and are not nearly so productive. 
A portion only of those that were grown, but embracing all the 
distinct varieties which were considered worthy of cultivation, are 
described, the remainder being proved unsuitable and inferior. 
They were sown on June 1st on a well-prepared border, under 
the same conditions. The great heat and dryness of the season 
somewhat interfered with the growth of the earlier varieties, but 
in general the trial was satisfactory. 
