cellent for table use; but are
seldom cooked in their ripened state.

RED-SPECKLED.

Plant branching, and of strong growth,--nearly a foot and a half high;
foliage remarkably large; flowers pale-purple; pods five inches and a
half long, nearly straight, green while young, paler with occasional
marks and spots of purple when more advanced, yellowish-white when ripe,
and containing five (rarely six) seeds.

Season intermediate. Plants from seeds sown after settled warm weather
will blossom in six weeks, and green pods may be plucked for use in
fifty days. For shelling in their green state, pods may be gathered in
ten weeks, and the crop will ripen off in ninety days. For its young
pods, or for green beans, plantings may be made to the last week in
June; but the crop will not mature, unless the weather continues
favorable till the 1st of October.

The ripe seeds are variegated with deep-red and pale-drab, the red
predominating; kidney-shaped, nearly straight, three-fourths of an inch
long, and three-tenths of an inch deep. A quart contains fourteen
hundred and fifty seeds, and will plant a row of two hundred and
twenty-five feet, or a hundred and fifty hills.

The variety is hardy and productive. It is extensively cultivated as a
garden-bean in England and France, and has been common to the gardens of
this country for nearly two centuries. The young pods are of medium
quality; but the seeds, green or dry, are mealy and well flavored. On
account of the parchment-like character of the pods, the seeds seldom
suffer from the effects of wet weather.

REFUGEE.

Thousand to One.

Plant sixteen to eighteen inches high, and readily distinguished from
most varieties by its small, smooth, deep-green, and elongated leaves;
flowers purple; pods five inches long, nearly cylindrical, pale-green
while young, greenish-white streaked with purple when sufficiently
advanced for shelling, yellow when ripe, and usually yielding five
beans.

The Refugee is not an early sort. The plants blossom in seven weeks,
produce young pods in eight weeks, and ripen in eighty-seven days, from
the time of sowing. Plantings for the ripened product may be made till
the middle of June; and for the green pods, to the middle of July.

The ripe seeds are light-drab, with numerous spots and broad patches of
bright-purple, nearly straight, cylindrical at the middle, tapering to
the ends (which are generally rounded), five-eighths of an inch long,
an