104 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



115. Haricot jaune d'Or (a rames). 129. 



116. Fillbasket. 



117. Haricot Coco blanc (a rames) . 130 



118. Haricot Coco rose (a rames). 131 



119. Crochin de Vacquayras. 



120. Coco bicolore prolifique (a 132 



rames). 133 



121. Haricot Coco bicolore du Pape 



(a rames). 134 



122. Haricot Zebre gris (a rames). 



123. Horticultural or Wren's Egg. 135 



124. Golden Cluster Wax. 136 



125. Golden Cluster Improved Wax. 



126. Haricot Beurre du Cambresis. 137 



127. Beurre d'Or des Mangetout. 138 



128. Haricot Beurre blanc (a rames). 139 



Haricot Beurre Couronne d'Or 



(a rames). 

 Mont d'Or. 



Haricot Beurre Mont d'Or (a 



rames) . 

 Golden Butter. 



Haricot d'Alger (Beurre) noir 



a rames. 

 Kentucky Wonder (Golden Wax 



Pods). 

 Tepiary Beans. 



Yard Long or Cuban Asparagus 



Bean. 

 Siebert's Early Lima. 

 Early Jersey Lima. 

 Madagascar Butter Beans. 



Notes and Descriptions. 



A. WAX-POD BEANS. 



The wax-pod or butter beans [not the butter beans of the grocers' shops, see 

 p. no] are characterized by the yellow colour of the pods, even when young. 



a. Pods wholly yellow. 



1. Flowers and seeds white. 



102. Tall White Butter (Wisley). — Stems over 8 feet, yellow; foliage 

 medium, pale yellow ; pods 2 or 3 in cluster, 7J inches long, straight, 

 flat, f inches wide, golden, smooth, bulging over seeds ; flesh fairly thick ; 

 string and parchment absent ; seeds oval. Crop good, but attacked by rust 

 [Colletotrichum Lindemuthianum). 



124. Golden Cluster Wax (Burpee) ) __ Much like No 



125. Golden Cluster Improved Wax (Thorburn) J ' Mucn nKe JNO ' I02 ' 

 but somewhat dwarfer ; pods 5 or 6 inches long. No disease. 



126. Haricot Beurre du Cambresis (Vilmorin). — Plant about 6 feet in 

 height, much branched ; foliage yellowish green ; pods generally 2 in a cluster, 

 5 or 6 inches long, generally curved, flat, \ to f inch wide, golden, smooth, 

 bulging over seeds ; flesh fairly thick j string and parchment absent ; seeds 

 oval. Crop good. 



127. Beurre Roi des Mangetout (Vilmorin). — Stems 6 to 8 feet, branched, 

 yellow ; foliage yellowish green ; pods mostly 2 or 3 in a cluster, 5 to 6 inches 

 long, curved, round in section, f inch wide, golden, sometimes with a reddish 

 tinge, smooth, flesh very thick, bulging over seeds ; neither parchment nor 

 string present ; seeds blunt ended, oval. Crop fairly good. 



128. Haricot Beurre blanc a rames (Vilmorin). — Also called Tall White 

 Algerian Waxpod. A fairly vigorous variety, 6 to 8 feet in height ; stems 

 little branched, yellow ; foliage pale, wrinkled ; pods generally 2 or 3 in a cluster, 

 about 5 inches long, curved, round in section, about \ inch wide, golden, smooth, 

 bulging over seeds ; flesh thick ; somewhat stringy, but with no parchment ; 

 seeds small. Crop fair. 



129. Haricot Beurre Couronne d'Or A rames (Vilmorin), F.C.C., 

 September 9, 1918. — Plants vigorous, over 8 feet, much branched, stems yellow; 

 foliage large, green, wrinkled ; pods 2 to 4 in a cluster, 6 to Sh inches long, 

 much curved and very irregular and uneven, round in section and barely f inch 

 in diameter ; greenish golden ; flesh very thick and spongy, bulging over the 

 seeds ; without skin or parchment ; seeds flat and kidney-shaped. A heavy 

 crop of ugly, very fleshy pods. 



2. Flowers white ; seeds black. 



133. Hvricot d'Alger noir a rames (Vilmorin). — Also called Black 

 Algerian Wax. Plants vigorous, over 8 feet, much branched ; foliage green ; 

 pads 3 in a cluster, 5 to 5^ inches long, curved, flat at first, somewhat rounded 

 later, about \ inch diameter, pale golden yellow ; flesh fairly thick, bulging 

 over seed3 ; string and parchment absent. Crop heavy but rusted. 



