RUNNER BEAN. 
PODDED SCARLET RUNNER. 
The Right Hon. The Earl of Jersey’s Head Gardener says “ Vour Scarlet Emperor 
Runner Reans have done splendid. I have never seen any to equal them in height or size of pods ; the 
best I know.”— Mr. A. W. Perry, The Gardens, Middleton Park, Bicest.r. , . r- . 
The Right Hon. The Earl of Lathom’s Head Gardener says:— Carters .Sea*-*/ Emperor 
Runner Beans are the mrst refined Bean for exhibition with which 1 am acquainted. Mr. Ben ASHTON, Ihe 
Gardens^Lathom The Earl of Sandwich’s Head Gardener says “ Scarlet Emperor has 
been magnificent, I gathered beans 1 2 inches long under ordinary treatment."— Mr. Hansford, The Gardens, 
Hool«^ourq_^^in^^.^^ |.ord Middleton’S Head Gardener writes -SVa*-*/ Emperor Runner has 
done exceedinglv well ; a heavy crop of very fine pods.”— Mr. J . Anderson, B'tdsall House Gardens, \ orks. 
The Right Hon. Lord Poltimore’S Head Gardener says; — As good as ever, one may safely 
sav the very fiimst Bean in cultivation.”— Mr. Si.adf., The Gardens, Poltimote, Exeter. , ,, , „ 
y ” Pj J,t Hon. Viscount Midleton’S Head Gaidener says ;— .S,w*/ Aw/rra/; Runner 
Bean. This variety has done wonderfully well again this ,ear, an 1 although such an ^ 
b-tter than ever, having very fine large clusters, with long, straight, handsome pods, im a,«ming over 1 2 inches. 
For the exhibition stand it cannot be excelled, and should rank m the estimation of those ''' ^ave co,^ 
contact with it as the finest bean in cultivation.”-Mr. Quainton, 1 he Gardens. Peper Harrow 
The Right Hon. Viscount Portman’S Head (,ardener siys:— Without doubt the finest 
Runner Bean ever introduced. It is a prodigious cropper, having straight pods from I2 to 15 inches m eng . , 
produced in abundance on each raceme.” — Mr. PtUNSEi*. The Gardens, Buxted larv. .• e 1 
Sir Edmund Loder, Bart.’s Head Gardener says: — “A very fine variety which bears most 1 
lusely, and quite the finest Runner Bean. I have measured plenty 12 inches in length on stalks bearing a dozen 
beans. What would they be if Ihinneri.” — Mr. W. A. Cook, The Gardens, Leonardsle-e. 
Sir Henry D. Ingleby, Bart.’s Head Gardemer writes ^ our Ruim^^^^ 
has done wonderfully well with me ; it is very free setting and a good cropper. I have ha a ‘P'Jj,' . 
14 and 15 inches long, and they have been riuite tender right up to the last. —Mr. 11 . Fox, Ibe Uaioens 
Kiplcy Castle, Vorks. _ • • j i 
Admiral Walker’s Head Gardener writes:—" Your Runner Bean, Scarlet Emperor, is indeed an e>e 
opener. It was admired by all who saw it here, the attraction l)eing the length of the pods, \n uc i \^ere 
to to 14 inches long, in bunchet of six to eight pods, even in growth, good m colour, with a smoo mess an 
absence of curled-up pods not found in other sorts. Anoth"f recommendation is its long season 1 g > 
I made my first gathering in ftily, and to-day (Oct. igth) 1 gathered fine tender pods when other sorts had 
finished a fortnight ago grown under the same conditions.” — Mr. G. Davison, Beverley Hall Gaidens, \orks. 
Con 7 s%^t:n:e. RAYNES PARK, LONDON, 
