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root remains live and fleshy after the tops are killed by frost, and it 

 would no doubt grow the following spring if not killed bj the 



20.— Fibrous plur-annual root of Bar- 

 teldes Bush Lima. 



winter. From the same 

 packet, some seeds of Bar- 

 teldes Busli Lima produce 

 roots which are almost per- 

 fectly fibrous and which 

 gradually die after the top 

 has been cut sbort by frost, 

 as in Fig. 20. This root is 

 imperfectly annual; and I 



have no doubt that if atten- 21 _ termination of the common bush bean. 



tion were given to the matter, a truly annual bean could be devel- 

 oped from this type in a comparatively short time. 



Another peculiarity of this Barteldes bean is that the cotyledons, 

 or halves of the bean, remain below ground when the seed germi- 



