. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1928 VICIA VICTORIA A. Plant stiff and erects usttally hearing no tendrils, cultivated for the beans {Faha). Fiba, Linn. {Fctia vulg&ris, Moench. F. saflva, Bernh.). Beoad Bean. Windsor Bean. English Dwarf Bean. Pigs. 190, 191, Vol. I. Strong, erect an- nual, 2—1 ft., glabrous or nearly so, very leafy: leaf
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1928 VICIA VICTORIA A. Plant stiff and erects usttally hearing no tendrils, cultivated for the beans {Faha). Fiba, Linn. {Fctia vulg&ris, Moench. F. saflva, Bernh.). Beoad Bean. Windsor Bean. English Dwarf Bean. Pigs. 190, 191, Vol. I. Strong, erect an- nual, 2—1 ft., glabrous or nearly so, very leafy: leaflets 2-0, the lower ones not opposite on the rachis, the ter- minal one wanting or represented by a rudimentary tendril, oval to elliptic and obtuse or mucronate-pointed: fls. in the axils, dull white and with a large blue-black spot; pods large and thick, from 2 or 3 inches even to 18 in. long, the seeds large and often flat. Probably na- tive to northern Africa and Asia.— Much grown in the Old World, but the hot dry summers prevent its cultivation in most parts of the U. S. It is grown suc- cessfully in parts of Canada, particularly in the mari- time provinces. The plant is grown mostly for cattle feeding, although the beans may be used, both full grown and immature, for human food. This bean has been cult, from prehistoric times and its nativity is in doubt. The plant is hardy and seeds should be sown early, when the season is cool. AA. Plant weak, usually climbing by means of ten- drils that represent leaflets. B. Fls. about 2 in the axils, sessile or nearly so. satlva, Linn. Spring Vetch or Tare. Annual or bi- ennial, not surviving the winter in the North, more or less pubescent, 2-3 ft. high: Ifts. 7 pairs or less, ellip- tic, oblong or oblanceolate, mostly truncate and apicu- late at the top, the tendril part of the leaf extended: fls. usually 2 in each axil, about 1 in. long, purplish: pods 2-3 in. long when mature. Eu., and naturalized in some parts of the U.
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