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BROAD BEANS. 
Early Long Pod, early and very prolific, 3 ft 
tf Alazagan, very early, hardy, and bears freely, 3 tt ° 
„ Tom Thumb, ^n. Dwarf Cluster and Marshall's Prolific A»,’ausefiii dwarf wW i 
M •< Green, syn. Beck s Gem, a valuable dwarf green variety, i ft ’ 
Jolinsl^n B Wonderful Long Pod, fine flavoured and productive, 3 ft. 
Hackle’s Monarch Long Pod, very heavy cropper, fine Havoured, 3 ft.!!.!!.!!!!!!!”””]"’ ° 
Minster Giant Long Pod, very productive and long-podded, 3 ft !!!!!!!!!! ° 
Nonpareil Green Long Pod, when cooked of a delicate ereen colour a ft * ° 
Taylor s Large Windsor, the best for general crop, beans very lame 3 ft ' ° 
Improved Large Windsor, very large pods and productive, 3 ft. * ? 
Green Windsor, prized on account of its delicate colour when cooked, 3 ft. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^ ° 
S quarts of Beans, in 5 best varieties 4/9 | 3 pints of Beans, in 5 best varieties 2/6 
NEW DWABF FRENCH BEANS, Ac. 
The important trial of French Beans at the Povat Horticultural Society's Cardens at Chiswick to determine 
best vartetees and ascertain the synonyms, resulted in the certiheatinf of several sorts. Amonest thesT the 
Butter Beans are noteworthy additions to our culinary vegetables. They are boiled and served whole the tol 
^vtng no membraneous instde lining. On the Continent these Butter Beans are considered a delicacy ' T 
Dwarf gutter ^Bean, i ft.. Pods 3/04 inches long, thick, fieshy. and 0/ a pate lemon colour. ^'very ' 
Wte Advancer a long-podded variety, remarkably productive'ande’ariy.’.’.’.’.’.’.'.’.’p'er’pi'nt'T’L ’o’lf’pw nS 2 o 
Canadian Wonder, a very productive long-podded variety, with fine fleshy pods which boil tender 
XT ® good colour, an excellent variety for general crop or forcing... per pint ir. 6d .- per ouar’t 2 f. 
New Early Forcing (Osborne), of all the forcing varieties of dwarf beans this is decidedly the best Iroth 
l^ly Prolific (Williams), remarkable for its earliness, abundant produce, "and fine quality,' i^ft' ^oe?o?nt i 6 
New Early White Canterbury, a first-class variety, very productive, and valuable for forcin<i ”’Mr pin I 6 
New Dwarf Russian, a very prolific long-podded excellent variety ner ' t ° 
The '‘Monster ” Negro Mammoth long-pod. Certificated 1879. It is of robust habirwiih’ verv fleshv “ ° 
XT n, ^ "'‘’■O' are produced ireely and continuously for a long time . per .1 pint r 3 
Ne Plus Ultra (Cooling), Certificated 1877, distinct in seed, dwarf and compact ingrowth Ltrenielv ^ 
productive and early, valuable for pot culture and out of doors... ’ per t nint 
Green Chevrler Flageolet. The importance of this introduction will be appreciated by’ those who u-e ^ 
Haricots m winter, the seeds are a beautiful green when cooked. As a green vegetable it is 
unsurpassed per 4 pint ix 61/ ‘ t 
Long Sword, is remarkably productive, of a fine hardy constitudon.’ bear'i’ng 30 to 4 > Pods on a plam.^.'!!. ^ ° 
FRENCH OR DWARF KIDNEY BEANS. ^ ° 
Canterbury WTilte, a very prolific, well known variety, i ft g 
Chinese Long-podded, an exceedingly productive, free cropping variety, i ft! \ < 
Colchester Red Speckled a svell-known prolific variety, i ft _ ^ 
Dun, Cream-coloured, or YeUow, much esteemed for its earliness a d n’tc crop ing"i fb 2 
Fulmer's Early Forcing, a fine variety for forcing, very productive, 1 f ,!.! t ^ 
Negro Long Podded, very fine cropper, i ft r 6 
Newington Wonder, one of the best for forcing, very productive, i ft ! , a 
Sion House, a fine forcing variety, i ft ^ 
sir Joseph Paxton, an exceedingly early and very productive variely, fine for poi c It ire 'i ft I 
The following (J. 6uf. to 2i. par quart :—mirnot s Forcing. Mohawk. Scarlet Giant. s'cirlei Fiaaeoiei 
Warwick. Purple Speckled. Black Speckled. Early Six Weeks, Prince Atlert, Pheasant's Eye. &c. 
NEW RUNNERS. 
Under this heading we enumerate a few sorts of Runners deserving of special attenlion. Amongst these we 
would specially notice the Putter Beans, the pods have no membraneous inside lining ; they are cooked and served 
whole, and are considered a very delicate dish. nr sc, vea 
Butter Bean, Haricot d’ Algiers, wax-podded , , , 
Butter Bean, Mont d Or, the pods of this valuable variety are 6 to 8 inches long! thick fleshy of a oale * 
lemon colour, and produced very abundantly per pint is. bd’. per Quart 3 fi 
Transylvanian Butter Bean, a valuable .acquisition to the stringless section of Runner Beans, pods green 
very broad, fleshy, and 8 to 10 inches long, and in good condition from August till destroyed by 
Champion Scarlet Runner, pods very long, ’’thickandfleshy’’ !!!’.!!!.’. oer'lnarf , ^ 
New Zealand Runner, very productive per’pint”iL’w!,’per quart I 6 
RUNNERS OR TALL FRENCH BEANS. 
Eclipse, or Giant White, very long pods, produced in clusters, and in great abundance 
Scarlet, exceedingly prolific 
York and Lancaster, or Painted Lady, very ornamental and prolific 
White Dutch, or Case Knife, very productive 
Early 
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Section II.— EDIBLE LEAVED AND EDIBLE FLOWERED PLANTS. 
(By Edible Flowered Plants are meant those, the inflorescence of which is used asa vegetable,such as Cauliflower, elc.) 
ARTICHOKE, GLOBE. 
The Artichoke is an exceedingly ornamental plant, and, as a vegetable, deserving of universal cultivation. 
I he immature heads are boded till tender, and served up cold or hot. The fleshy lower part of the scale is eaten 
with a reltsk usually consisting of vinegar, pepper, and salt. Butter sauce in English cookery books is usuallv 
recommended as the accompaniment, but with this the Artichoke is insipid. 
Green Provence per packet, 41/. ; per oz., is. \ Purple Provence per packet, 6d., per oz., is. 6d. 
For IHants, see page 65. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Grayson 8 Covent Garden Giant*) Larqc Asparaijus is at presaat much sought to fperoz dd ’ per lb a o 
Giant Dutch Purple Top | ^^curc which »« maialy a iiuos'ioii of good culture.; DerokV od '• n^ro/ ^ 
Early Purple Giant ArcrenteuU {.bfuimunth Kmpecoi- u the largest Couti«eufal V'liiefy; ^ 
Mammoth Emperer (Carter).. 1 " *’ 
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flte one wostly grouju /or 
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