undred and fifty hills.

The Rob-Roy generally matures in great perfection; being seldom stained
or otherwise injured by rain or the dampness of ordinary seasons. It is
also one of the earliest of the Dwarf varieties, but desirable as a
string-bean rather than for its qualities as a green shelled-bean, or
for cooking when ripe. If cultivated for its pods only, plantings may be
made until the first of August.

ROUND YELLOW SIX-WEEKS.

Round Yellow. Dwarf Yellow.

Fourteen to sixteen inches high; flowers pale-purple; pods about five
inches long, half an inch broad, pale yellowish-green as they approach
maturity, and, when fully ripe, remarkably slender, and more curved than
in their green state,--they contain five or six beans.

The variety is early; blossoming in six weeks, producing young pods in
seven weeks, and ripening in ninety days, from the time of planting.
When planted in June, pods may be plucked for use in seven weeks, and
the crop will be ready for harvesting in eighty days. For its green
pods, plantings may be made to the last of July.

The ripe seeds are orange-yellow, with a narrow, reddish-brown belt, or
line, encircling the eye; oblong or ovoid, half an inch long, and
three-tenths of an inch thick. A quart contains two thousand seeds, and
will plant a row two hundred and twenty-five feet in length, or two
hundred and twenty-five hills.

As an early string-bean, the variety is worthy of cultivation, but is
little used, and is really of little value, as a shelled-bean, green or
ripe. It has been common to the gardens of this country for more than a
century; and, during this period, no apparent change has taken place in
the character of the plant, or in the size, form, or color of the seed.

SOLITAIRE.

A French variety. The ripe seeds are similar to those of the Refugee;
but the plants are quite distinct in foliage and general habit. Its
height is about eighteen inches; the flowers are purple; the pods are
six inches long, slender, nearly cylindrical, green at first, paler and
streaked with purple when more advanced, and contain six seeds.

It is not early. Spring plantings will blossom in sixty days, produce
pods for the table in seventy days, and ripen in about fifteen weeks. It
may be planted for its green pods until the first of July.

The beans, when ripe, are variegated with light-drab and deep-purple,
the purple prevailing. They are often straight, sometimes curved, nearly
cylindric