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Degul is a species of bean, of which the Chilese cultivated thirteen or fourteen kinds before the arrival of the Spaniards, differing but little from the common European bean or Phaseolus vulgaris, one of them having a straight stalk, and all the rest climbers .
It is a coarse-looking little plant, delighting to grow in pure gravel; but its blossoms are pretty, and now, with not another flower of any sort near it, it looked, as the homely phrase is, "as handsome as a picture." Its more generally distributed congener, Senecio vulgaris, also a foreigner is, next to the common chickweed, I should say, our very hardiest bloomer.
Bufo vulgaris should be the name of a very inferior, rowdy clown. The frog is a much nearer approximation to this character than the toad. The frog comes headlong with a bound, a bunch of legs and arms, with his "Here we are again!
This species and O. Ficus-indica are confused by some authors, owing, no doubt, to the name O. vulgaris having been given by a botanist to the latter, which is a much larger and very different-looking plant. O. vulgaris is capable of withstanding our winters out of doors.
Broad and narrow leaves are considered to be differentiating marks between Beta vulgaris and Beta patula, but even here a wide range of forms seem to occur. Rimpau, Proskowetz, Schindler and others have made cultures of beets from wild localities in order to discover a hypothetical common ancestor of all the present cultivated types.
He is larger than the Hyena vulgaris, and in character resembles Bruce's, or the Abyssinian hyena. He is a native of the southern half of Africa, where he is known among the Dutch colonists as the "tiger-wolf;" while the common hyena is by them simply called "wolf." The name "brown" hyena is not a good one, as brown colour is by no means a characteristic of this animal.
The Windsor. The Toker. The Sword Longpod. The Green Toker. The White-blossomed. These are sown usually in succession from January to March, and afford a continuance of crop during the season. BEANS, FRENCH OR KIDNEY. Phaseolus vulgaris. The kidney beans are of two kinds; such as run up sticks and flower on the tops. Of this description we have in cultivation the following: The Scarlet Runner.
But their effects are so inconsiderable, that common practice takes no notice of them. MALVA alcea. VERVAIN-MALLOW. The Leaves. Alcea agrees in quality with the Althaea and Malva vulgaris; but appears to be less mucilaginous than either. MATRICARIA Parthenium. COMMON WILD FEVERFEW. The Leaves and Flowers.
It is propagated by planting the small roots in spring or autumn, being a perennial. THYME. Thymus vulgaris. This is a well-known potherb used in broths and various modes of cookery: it is propagated by seeds and cuttings early in the spring. TRUFFLES. Lycoperdon Tuber. Not in cultivation.
Another case quoted by Bateson is that of the two common British Wasps, Vespa vulgaris and Vespa germanica. Both usually make subterranean nests, but of somewhat different materials.
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