Introductions of i8gi. 



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Aster. Deep Rose. Henderson. 



Jewel type, ball-shaped, dark rose. 



— punicens var. laevicaulis. H. P. Kelsey. 



E. States. 

 Baeria gracilis. Orcutt. 



A California!! composite, a span or so high, with yellow heads. 

 Baptisia simplicifolia. H. P. Kelsey. 



E States. 

 Bean, Boston Market. Salzer. 



— Childs Horticultural Lima. Childs. 



Said to be a cross between the common Lima and Horticultural. 



— Early Warwick. Henderso?i. 



An extra-early green bush-bean. 



— Extra Early Refugee. Henderson. 



Like the old Refugee except that it is two weeks earlier. 



— Gold Drop. D. C. Hicks. 



— Golden Champion. Henderson. 



A very early wax pole-bean, with yellow pods, resembling the Yo- 

 semite Wax. 



— Hopkins' Improved Valentine. Barnard. 



— Jackson's Wonder. M. W. Johnson 6° Co. 



— Old Homestead. Henderson. 



An early green pole variety, stringless, the pods resembling the Ref- 

 ugee Bush bean. 



— Queen Wax. D. C. Hicks. 



— Sunshine Wax Pole. Burpee. 



Pods bright yellow, borne in clusters of three or four, 6 to 8 inches 

 long, perfectly straight, stringless. 



— The Shah (The Black Shah). Thorburn. 



Moderately early dwarf snap-bean, producing a large number of re- 

 markably long pods, sometimeseight inchesin length and very straight, 

 slender and almost cylindrical. Seed long and black. 

 [Beans, 12 varieties.] 



Beet, Black Queen. Childs. 



Evidently the same as Reine des Noires. 



— Early York. Salzer. 



An early strain of turnip beet. 

 ■ — Reine des Noires. Henderson. 



Desirable both for ornament and the table. Foliage very erect 

 and dark blood-red. Introduced by Childs as Black Queen. 

 Begonia, Annie Dorner. Hill. 



A free bushy grower ; very elegant notched leaves, deeply pointed. 

 The coloring is very rich, the dark center and edge being velvety in 

 texture, enclosing a silky, pointed zone. 



