Cornell University, Ithaca, N, Y., February 29, 1896. 



Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany. 



Sir. — The following paper — a complement to No. 87, upon the- 

 Dwarf Lima beans — is submitted for publication and distribution 

 under Chapter 230 of the Laws of 1895. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



SYNOPSIS. 



I. Types and Varieties, pages 349 to 350. 



A. The Sievas 350 



B. The large, flat Limas 353 



C. The potato Limas 357 



D. Varieties not tested 361 



E. The Ilorticultural Lima 361 



F. The Chickasaw Lima or Jack bean 362 



11. Remarks on the Growing of Lima beans, pages 



365 to 372. 



1. Methods for New York 365 



2. The California practice 368 



III. Index 372 



