n fully ripe, and contain six seeds, which are nearly
straight, rounded at the ends, a little flattened on the sides,
three-fourths of an inch long, a fourth of an inch thick, and of a
violet-black color, variegated or marbled with drab.

About sixteen hundred beans are contained in a quart; and, as the plants
are vigorous growers, this amount of seed will be sufficient for three
hundred feet of drill, or for nearly three hundred hills. If planted in
drills, they should be made twenty inches apart, and two plants allowed
to a linear foot.

The variety is not early, and requires the entire season for its full
perfection. When sown as soon as the weather is suitable, the plant will
blossom in about seven weeks. In sixty days, pods may be plucked for
use; and the crop will be ready for harvesting in fifteen weeks from the
time of planting. For its green pods, the seeds may be planted until the
middle of July.

The Bagnolet is of little value as a shelled-bean, either green or ripe.
As a string-bean, it is deservedly considered one of the best. The pods
are produced in great abundance; and are not only tender, succulent, and
well flavored, but remain long on the plants before they become tough,
and unfit for use. If the pods are plucked as they attain a suitable
size, new pods will rapidly succeed, and the plants will afford a
continued supply for several weeks.

BLACK-EYED CHINA.

Plant fifteen inches high, less strong and vigorous than that of the
Common Red-eyed China; the flowers are white; the pods are comparatively
short, usually about five inches long, green and straight while young,
straw-yellow when sufficiently advanced for shelling, yellow, thick,
hard, and parchment-like when ripe, and contain five or six
seeds,--these are white, spotted and marked about the eye with black, of
an oblong form, usually rounded, but sometimes shortened at the ends,
slightly compressed on the sides, and measure half an inch in length,
and three-eighths of an inch in thickness.

A quart contains fifteen hundred beans, and will plant a drill, or row,
of two hundred feet, or a hundred and fifty hills.

The variety is early. When sown at the commencement of the season, the
plants will blossom in six weeks, produce pods for the table in seven
weeks, pods for shelling in ten weeks, and ripen in eighty-seven days.
It yields well, ripens off at once, and, on account of the thick,
parchment-like character of the pods, suffers much