d three-tenths of an inch thick. Eighteen hundred and fifty are
contained in a quart, and will plant a row two hundred and fifty feet in
length, or two hundred hills.

The variety is hardy, yields abundantly, and the young pods are thick,
fleshy, and tender in texture. As a string-bean, or for pickling, it is
considered one of the best of all varieties, and is recommended for
general cultivation. The seeds are comparatively small, and are rarely
used either in a green or ripened state.

RICE. _Vil._

Half-dwarf, about two feet high; flowers white; pods very small,
scarcely more than three inches in length, and only two-fifths of an
inch in width, usually containing six seeds.

The variety requires a full season for its perfection. Plants from seeds
sown early in spring will blossom in seven weeks, yield young pods in
ten weeks, and ripen in a hundred and twelve days.

The ripe seeds are very small, and of a peculiar yellowish-white,
semi-transparent, rice-like color and appearance. They are quite
irregular in form, usually somewhat oblong or ovoid, often abruptly
shortened at the ends, three-eighths of an inch long, and a fourth of an
inch thick. Nearly five thousand are contained in a quart.

The young pods are tender and excellent; but the green beans are small,
and rarely used. The ripe seeds are peculiar, both in consistency and
flavor: they are quite brittle and rice-like; and, when cooked, much
relished by some, and little esteemed by others.

ROB-ROY.

Plant half-dwarf,--early in the season, producing slender, transient,
barren runners two or three feet in length; flowers purplish-white; the
pods are five inches long, often produced in pairs, yellow as they
approach maturity, yellowish-white when ripe, and contain five or six
seeds.

It is one of the earliest of the Dwarfs. Spring plantings will blossom
in six weeks, produce pods for the table in seven weeks, and ripen in
eighty-two days. If planted in June, pods may be plucked for use in six
weeks, and the crop will be ready for harvesting in sixty-eight days.

The ripe seeds are clear, bright-yellow; the surface being generally
veined, and the eye surrounded with an olive-green line. They are of an
oblong form, nearly straight on the side of the eye, rounded at the
back, five-eighths of an inch long, and three-tenths of an inch deep.
Fifteen hundred seeds are contained in a quart, and will be sufficient
to plant a row of two hundred feet, or a h