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No. 29. Micoavx Orpinatre de Paris. (Vil.) 
Probably the same as Michaux ordinaire to which Vilmorin 
gives as synonyms arly Frame, (Fr.) Pots de la Sainte-Cather- 
ine, Petit pois de Paris, (Ger.) Weisse frithe Pariser (Erbse). 
(Les Plantes Potagéres). : 
Plant about three feet high; foliage medium; stipules slightly 
glaucous, usually washed with white; stem medium, often branched 
at the base and above; nodes rarely more than four inches apart ; 
peduncles one inch to three and a half inches long; pods paler than 
the foliage, often in pairs, slightly recurved, one and a half to two 
and a half inches long, one-half inch wide, rather blunt at the apex 
when fully developed, plump; peas four to six in a pod, whitish 
green, roundish, scarcely compressed, three-eighths inch in diameter,. 
radical very distinct. An ounce contained 108 seeds. 
Moderately prolific, medium in season, maturing its crop promptly. 
No. 30. Micnavux pe Roverir. (Vil.) : 
Plant about three feet high; foliage rather light green; stipules. 
slightly glaucous, much washed with white; stem large, often 
branched at the base and above; nodes rarely more than three inches. 
apart ; peduncles one-half inch to three inches long; pods slightly 
paler than the foliage, often in pairs, sometimes straight, usually 
only slightly recurved, two to three and a half inches long, five- 
eighths of an inch wide,very plump, rounding to the apex ; peas five to. 
_ nine in a pod, whitish green, in contact, but not compressed, scarcely 
three-eighths of an inch in diameter, radical distinct. An ounce con- 
tained 103 seeds. 
Moderately prolific, rather late, maturing its crop very slowly. 
S8§ Pods curved inward towards the stem. 
No. 81. Sworp. (Vil.) 
Synonyms. White Sword, (Fr.) Pots sabre. (Vil.) 
Plant two and a half to four feet high; foliage medium; stipules 
and leaflets rather large, stipules glaucous, usually washed with 
white; stem medium, rarely branched ; nodes rarely more than three 
inches apart; peduncles rarely more than one inch long ; pods paler 
than the foliage, sometimes in pairs, strongly curved inward towards 
the stem, very plump, sloping abruptly to the apex, two to three inches 
long, five-eighths of an inch wide; peas four to seven in a pod, pale 
green, roundish, in contact, but not compressed, nearly one-half inch 
diameter; seeds slightly oblong, somewhat angular in form, some- 
times slightly shrivelled, nearly or quite three-eighths of an inch in 
diameter, radical very distinct. An ounce conéained seventy-two 
seads.t 
Moderately prolific, medium in season, maturing its crop promptly. 
t+ Seeds decidedly shrivelled. 
§ Pods straight or nearly so. 
No. 82. Tue Soan. (Vil.) 
Synonym. Shah de Perse. (Vil.) 2 
Plant about two feet high; foliage pale green; stipules scarcely 
-- glaucous or washed with white; stem slender, rarely if ever 
