FIG. 213. RUNNER OR CLIMBING KIDNEY BEAN (PHASEOLUS MULTIFLORUS).
Runner Beans may also be planted to cover arches or fences, and in various places of a like description. See Fig. 213.
Sorts. Common Scarlet Runner, Champion, Painted Lady, and Giant White. The first two are those generally grown.
BEAN-TREE. See Ceratonia Siliqua.
BEARBERRY, and BEAR'S GRAPE. See [Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi].
BEARD-TONGUE. See Pentstemon.
BEARS BREECH. See [Acanthus].
BEAR'S FOOT. See Helleborus fœtidus.
BEATONIA. See Tigridia.
BEAUCARNEA (a commemorative name). ORD. Liliaceæ. A small genus of curious greenhouse plants, natives of Mexico. Leaves narrow, gracefully depending. Stems slender, and woody, with a peculiar swollen, somewhat napiform base. Mr. B. S. Williams recommends that these plants be potted in rich fibrous loam and sand, with ample drainage, and, during the growing season, liberally supplied with water. Propagated by cuttings, when obtainable; but chiefly by seeds, which have to be imported from their native country. Beaucarneas are principally grown for the beauty of their foliage, and are grotesque, graceful, and extremely curious in habit and form.