“ The fresh eglantine exhaled a breath , 
Whose odors were of power to raise from death.*’— Dryden. 
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Y1 EANS like a dry and rather light soil, though they 
4><^ will do well in any garden soil if not planted too 
(D/ early in the spring. Dwarfs are earliest and most 
hardy, as a general rule. In garden culture Beans 
are generally planted in rows eighteen inches apart, and 
three inches apart in the row ; in field culture, in drills, so 
as to cultivate with horse one way. Running Beaus are 
planted in hills two or three feet apart. 
DWARF WAX BEANS. 
Beans, /New Prolific German Wax, an im¬ 
provement on the old Wax or Butter, having 
longer, rounder, straighter pods, and being much 
more prolific; per quart, 50 cents . 
Black- Eyed Wax, very early, very tender, and 
of excellent quality; per quart, 50 cents .- 
Improved Golden Wax, an early, stringless 
Bean, of golden wax color, and excellent quality; 
per quart, 45 cents . 
Ward well’s Kidney Wax, extra early ; long, 
fiat, waxy pods; remarkably free from rust; per 
quart, 45 cents ... 
y osemite Ma m moth Wax, so named on ac¬ 
count of its enormous size. The pods are of a rich 
golden color, eight or nine inches in length, with 
the thickness of a man’s finger, nearly all solid 
pulp, and absolutely striugless. Enormously pro¬ 
ductive ; per quart, 75 cents . 
10 
10 
*10 
10 
15 
Flageolet Wax, Ivory Pod AVax, 
Mont d’Or Wax, Crystal White AVax. 
Each 45 cents per quart; 10 cents per package. 
GREEN POD DWARF SNAP BEANS. 
Extra Ea rlyped Valentine, early and ten¬ 
der for String Beans; per quart, 40 cents . 10 
Long yellow Six Weeks, one of the best 
green-podded varieties. Early, tender, stringless; 
per quart, 40 cents. 10 
Early Mohawk, an early, hardy, productive 
String Bean; per quart, 40 cents . 10 
Extra Early "Refugee. This new variety has 
all the good qualities of the v r ell-known Refugee, 
with the advantage of being ready for use ten days 
earlier; per quart, 50 cents. 10 
orTife G-« 
Miller’s Round Yellow, Broad AA r indsor, 
Emperor AVilliam, Dwarf Horticultural, 
Refugee, AVhite Kidney or Royal Dwarf, 
AVliite Marrow, Boston Small Pea. 
Each, 40 cents per quart; 10 cents per package. 
POLE, OR RUNNING BEANS. 
Early Golden duster Wax. A very vigorous and pro¬ 
ductive variety; pods long, fiat, very white, tender, and of good 
quality; the earliest of the Pole Beans; per quart, 80 cents. 15 
Extra Early Li m a does not differ materially from the com¬ 
mon sorts, except in earliness; in this it has the advantage of 
from ten days to two weeks; per quart, 60 cents. 10 
“King of the Garden” Lima Bea n i3 a very vigorous 
grower, requiring but two vines to each pole. They set their 
pods early at the bottom of the pole, producing a continuous 
bloom and fruitage to the end of the season. Many of the pods 
measure from five to eight inches and contain five, six, and seven 
perfect formed Beans to the pod, of superior edible quality, un¬ 
excelled by any that has come to our notice during a practical 
experience in Bean culture of twenty years; per quart, 60 cents. . 10 
Dreer’s Improved Li m a, earlier and more productive than 
the old sort, though the seeds are smaller; per quart, 60 cents — 10 
Giant Wax, thick, fleshy, creamy-yellow, waxy-looking pods, 
tender and excellent as a Snap Bean; productive, keeping in 
bearing a long time; seeds red; per quart, 65 cents. 10 
Small Lima or Sieva, Large AAHhite Lima, 
London Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry, 
Southern Prolific, Dutch Case Knife, 
Crease Back, Scarlet Runner. 
Each, 50 cents per quart; 10 cents per package. 
DWARF BUSH LIMA BEANS. 
Burpee’s and Dreer’s, 15 cents each. Henderson’s, 10 cents. 
For full particulars, see Novelty Pages, 
BRUSSELS 
SPROUTS. 
The culture for Brus¬ 
sels Sprouts is the same 
as for Cabbage. If early 
plants are raised in a 
hot-bed, they will per¬ 
fect themselves in Sep¬ 
tember, in the north, 
and a later sowing 
should be made in the 
open ground, that will 
be in perfection about 
the time winter com¬ 
mences. These should 
be taken up and placed 
in a cool cellar, with the 
roots in earth where 
they will remain fit for 
use during the winter. 
Where the winters are 
not very severe they 
may remain in the open 
ground, to be cut as 
needed; per lb., $1.75; 
per oz., 15 cents; per 
packet, 5 cents. 
