Kidney Bean

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

the genus Phaseolus. ne genus The common kidney bean is P. vulgaris; 650,000. ean is P. KIEL the scarlet kidney bean, the scarlet runan, the sca ning kidney bean, or scarlet runner, is province scarlet ru from P. multiflorus; its roots are narcotic, as ots are no of the royal kidney bean, P. byal kidney bon ; and the underground kidney underground bean is Arachis hypogæa. oдna. , OR KIEV, formerly a gov- EV, formerly a of Russia, but as the result of but as the rest War now part of the Republic part of the Rep . Its area is about 20,000 is about 2 miles of closely wooded, swampy sely wooded, swa The district is particularly rict is particu for the excellent breed of horned breed of he raised on the steppes of the provsteppes of the The sugar - refineries have refineries have asleading place place among its insumed the leading pl place among it . Pop. about 4,500,000. ut 4,500,000. r KIEV (kē'ev) ( ke'ef), or KIEV ( kē'ev), one oldest towns of Russian Ukraine, of Russian Ukr ecclesiastically one of the most imone of the mos on the Dnieper. According to dieper. Accordin it was founded before the founded before In 882 it was made the 882 it was mad of the Russian principality, and ian principality so until 1169. Here in 988 1169. Here in was first preached in Russia st preached in R Vladimir; and ever since that date d ever since that been one of the chief ecclesiasof the chief eccle intellectual centers of Russia. al centers of Ru was captured and nearly decured and nearl by the Mongols in 1240, and it gols in 1240, a in their hands for 80 years. hands for 80 y 1320 to 1569 it was in the possesit was in the po Lithuania, then of Poland down Then of Poland in which year it was annexed to ar it was annex The most notable institution in notable institutie is the Petchersk monastery, etchersk monas visited by more than 250,000 more than 25 annually. Underneath the mon- Underneath the are a number of caves containing of eaves contai the chief saints of the Russian saints of the Rus The cathedral of St. Sophia, edral of St. So in 1037 on the spot where on the spot w defeated ( 1036) the Petche- (1036) the Pe tombs of the gr contains the tombs of the grand- Russia and a magnificent altar a magnificent with beautiful mosaics; the eautiful mosaics thedral resemble of the cathedral resembles a . The cathedral church of the hedral church of harbors the bones of seven the bones of brought from Constantinople, and Constantinople, beautiful belfry with a peal of 12 fry with a peal niversity, transfe There is a university, transferred in 1833. The industry is un- The industry is , except tanning and the manuanning and the m of wax candles. Considerable andles. Consider done, especially at the fairs, the ially at the fairs celebrated of which is held during which is held du nuary. The for half of January. The fortress was begun by Peter the Great by Peter the G The town was the scene of a was the scene massacre of the Jews in 1905. of the Jews in capital of Ukraine. Pop. about Ukrains. Pog. a ( kēl), a town of the Prussian town of the Prus of Schleswig - Holstein; 66 miles vig-Holstein; 66 1 Hamburg, at the head of a deep. the head of a fjord (11 miles long) of the Baltic, which admits large ships to anchor close to the town. It is the headquarters of the German Baltic Sea navy, and is also an important commercial port. The chief part of its trade (before the World War) was carried on with the towns of Denmark and Sweden; corn, coal, timber, and cattle being imported, while coal, flour, beer, butter, cheese and fish were exported. There are iron foundries, shipbuilding yards, corn mills, breweries, es, and cabinet makers' works. Kiel is the seat of a university, founded in 1665. The castle, built in the 13th century and enlarged by Catherine II. of Russia in the 18th, shelters the university library of 200,000 volumes and a museum with sculptures by Thorwaldsen. The Thaulow Museum contains Schleswig-Holstein carved work of the 15th-18th centuries. The bay is defended by a series of forts placed near its sea entrance. The Baltic canal connects the Elbe and the Bay of Kiel. The old town, dating from before the 10th century, has been enlarged by the suburbs of Brunswick and Düsternbrook. Here was signed in 1814 the treaty between Denmark, Sweden, and England, by which Sweden exchanged Pomerania for Norway. In the World War Kiel was Germany's principa naval base. Here mutinies among the sailors of the fleet broke out in 1917 and again in 1918. The mutiny in October-November of that year could not be suppressed but spread to Berlin and led to the overthrow of the monarchy. See WORLD WAR: GERMANY.