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Vice’s *FloraI*($uide. 
Beans like a dry and rather light soil, though they will [ 
do well in any garden soil if not planted too early in the 
spring. Dwarfs are earliest and most hardy, as a gen¬ 
eral rule. In our engraving we show plants of both 
Dwarfs and Runners, and the old Windsor, as well as 
specimens of the most popular arid useful sorts, drawn 
of the natural size of the shelled dry beans, and as true 
as we could make them. In garden culture Beans are 
generally planted in rows three inches apart, and the 
rows a foot apart ; in field culture in drills wider apart, so 
as to cultivate with horse one way. Running Beans are 
planted in hills two or three feet apart. 
Figure 2 shows the Refugee; 3 the Golden Wax; 
4, Early Mohawk ; 5, Speckled Cranberry; 6, White 
Kidney ; 7, White Marrowfat ; 8, Early Valentine; 9, 
Early Rachel; 10, Large Lima; 11, Horticultural ; 12, 
Giant Wax ; 13, Black Wax ; 14, Scarlet Runner. The 
engraving of plant on the right shows the habit of the 
Running Beans, on the left the English Broad Windsor, 
and the center the Dwarf. 
Beans, Long Yellow Six-Weeks, one of the ear¬ 
liest ; an excellent and productive String Bean ; 
pint 35 cts . 10 
Early Valentine, early and tender for String 
Beans; per pint 35 cents, . 10 
Early Mohawk, an early, hardy, productive 
and excellent String Bean; per pint, 35 cents, 10 
Wax or Butter, a popular variety wherever 
known ; the pods a waxy yellow, solid, very 
tender and almost transparent, stringless, seeds 
black when ripe; per pint 40 cents, . 10 
Golden Wax, an early, stringless Bean, of gold¬ 
en wax color, and excellent quality ; pint4octs.. 10 
‘Ivory Pod Wax, a new variety, of rapid 
growth, very prolific: pods delicate white, 
stringless, succulent, and of good flavor ; per 
pint 40 cents, . 
Mont d’Or, a new German variety of Wax Bean. 
It is early, bears profusely, and is a decided 
acquisition. Per pint, 40 cents,. 
White Kidney or Royal Dwarf, one of the 
very best for shelling, either green or dry; per 
pint 30 cents. 
White Marrowfat, clear white, almost round, 
fair as a String Bean, and first class for use 
shelled, either green or dry ; per pint 30 cents, 10 
Beans, Refugee, hardy, abundant bearer, flesh 
thick and tender, one of the best for pickling, 
on account of its thick flesh; will produce pods 
fit for use in eight weeks from planting ; per pint 
35 cts . 10 
Broad Windsor, the celebrated Broad Bean 
of England, growing on a strong stalk, about 
two feet in height. Beans eaten shelled. Not 
very well adapted to our climate ; pint 35 cents, 10 
RUNNING BEANS. 
Large Lima, the most buttery and delicious 
Bean grown. Plant in a warm, sandy soil, if 
possible, not too early; per pint 40 cents, ... 10 
Dreer’s Improved Lima. It is claimed that 
this variety is earlier and more productive than 
the old sort, though the seeds are smaller. Per 
pint, 40 cents, . 10 
London Horticultural, or Speckled Cran¬ 
berry, a round, speckled Bean, tender for Snap 
Beans, and excellent for shelling ; pint 35 cents, 10 
Scarlet Runner. This is the favorite Snap 
Bean of Europe, and nothing else will sell as 
soon as this appears in market. It is often 
planted in rows and allowed to run on the 
ground ; per pint 40 cents, . 10 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
The culture for Brussels Sprouts is 
the same as for Cabbage. If early 
plants are raised in a hot-bed, they 
will perfect themselves in September, 
in the north, and a later sowing 
should be made in the open ground, 
that will be in perfection about the 
time winter commences. These 
should be taken up and stored in a 
cool cellar, with the roots in earth, 
where they will remain fit for use 
during the winter. Where the win¬ 
ters are not very severe, they may 
remain in the ground, to be cut as 
needed. A good many people in this 
part of the country are beginning to appreciate Brussels 
sprouts, and surprised to find how good they are, and 
that they have known nothing about them. Try a few. 
Brussels Sprouts, per lb. $1.25 : per oz. 15 cents, 5 
