. 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. 1296 PHASEOLUS PHELLODENDRON not readily splitting at maturity : beans very large, white, red, black or speckled. South Amer. —Widely grown in the tropics, and one of the richest of beans. Unreliable in the northern states because of the short, cool seasons. There are two forms in cult, in the U. S.: Flat- or L
. 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. 1296 PHASEOLUS PHELLODENDRON not readily splitting at maturity : beans very large, white, red, black or speckled. South Amer. —Widely grown in the tropics, and one of the richest of beans. Unreliable in the northern states because of the short, cool seasons. There are two forms in cult, in the U. S.: Flat- or Large-seeded Linias, with seeds very flat and. 1745, Leaf of Phaseolus vulcaris. veiny and more or less lunate in shape, and very broad flat pods, with a distinct but not prominent pod, and broad-ovate Ifts.; Potato Limas, with smaller tumid seeds, shorter and thicker pods, with a very short point, and long-ovate, tapering Ifts., with angular base. In both these groups there are dwarf or bush forms, —Bur- pee Dwarf Lima in the former, and Kumerle Dwarf Lima in the latter. The Lima Bean is perennial in the tropics. CO. Sea US relatively small, ohlong and nearly cylin- drical. 8. vulgaris, Linn. CoaiMON Bean. Kidney Bean of the English. Haricot of the French. Pigs. ITiS-T. Slender, twining, more or less pubescent: Ifts. rhombic- ovate or ovate, acuminate: peduncles shorter than the petioles, few-fld. at or near the apex: fls. small, white, yellowish or blue - purple : pod slender, somewhat curved, provided with a straight or curved tip. Now believed to be tropical American. —Here belong all the common garden pole beans, aside from the Lima types, including the Pole Cranberry (Pig. 1747), and so-called Horticultural Lima. Runs into very many forms. Var. n&nus (P. n(imis, Linn.). Bush Bean. A do- mesticated race, differing only in its dwarf or "bush" habit. It is now tlie more popular type, particularly in America, since it requires no labor in providing poles or
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