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suggestions and much encouragement; to the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, from whom he received samples of seed 

 for testing; to Mr. W. W. Tracy, Jr., of the Department of Agri- 

 culture for useful information regarding the testing of varieties 

 and making comparisons; and to various seedsmen of the country 

 for information concerning the history of varieties. 



Explanation of Plates 



Plate I. — Side and ventral views of ripe seeds, natural size, ai, Yellow 

 Six Weeks; a2, Cholet; 03, Veitch Forcing; 04, Vienna; as, Reliance; 

 bi, Ne Plus Ultra; b2, Bountiful; &3, Round Six Weeks; ^4, Taylor Green 

 Pod; &S, Burpee Stringless ; ci, Knickerbocker; c2, Giant Stringless ; c^, 

 Grenell Stringless; 04, Early Refugee; c5, Red Valentine; di, Cream Valen- 

 tine; d2, Longfellow; d^, Blue Pod Butter; d4, Mohawk; ds, Full Measure; 

 ei, French Mohawk; e2, Best of All (rounded-podded type); es, Best of 

 All (flat-podded type); ^4, Lightning; es, Tennessee Green Pod; fi, Crim- 

 son Beauty; f2, Marblehead Horticultural; fs, Ruby Horticultural; f4, Low 

 Champion; /5, Warren; gi, Warwick; g2, Boston Favorite; gs, Yellow 

 Cranberry; g4, Old Fashioned Yellow Eye; gs, Yellow Eye. 



Plate II. — Side and ventral views of ripe seeds, natural size, ai, China 

 Red Eye; 02, Hodson Green Pod; 03, Refugee; 04, Golden Refugee; as, 

 Galega; bi, Byer; b2, Green Flageolet; bz, Tom Thumb; &4, Triumph; 

 bs. Wonder of France; ci, Veitch Wonder; C2, Canadian Wonder; C3, 

 Prolific Pickler; 04, French Kidney; c5, Red Kidney; di, Swedish; d2. 

 Eureka; d^, Golden Wax; ^4, Improved Golden Wax; ^5, Wingold; ei, 

 Detroit; e2, Keeney Rustless; ^3, Double Barrel; e4. Round Pod Kidney; 

 eS, Maule Butter; fi, Perfection; f2, Purple Flageolet; fz. Scarlet Flageolet; 

 f4, Monarch; fs, Wardwell ; gi. Market Wax; g2. Horticultural Wax; 

 g3, Imperial ; g4, Golden-Eyed Wax ; gs, Refugee Wax. 



Plate III. — Side and ventral views of ripe seeds, natural size, or, Dwarf 

 Butter; a2. Leopard; 03, Golden Beauty; 04, Speckled; 05, Scotia; bi, Ken- 

 tucky Wonder; b2, Tennessee Wonder; &3, Cut Short; &4, Missouri Won- 

 der; bs, White Prolific; ci. Southern Prolific; C2, Mont d'Or; r3, Kentucky 

 Wonder Wax; 04, Sunshine; cs, Landreth; di. Golden Champion; d2, Red 

 Cranberry ; dj,. Early Horticultural ; d4, Childs Horticultural ; ds, Yard 

 Long; ei, Worcester Mammoth; e2, Concord; ^3, Brockton; e4, Golden Car- 

 mine; fi, London Horticultural; f2, Jackson Wonder; fz. Black Lima; f4, 

 Mottled; gi, Scarlet Runner; g2. Broad Windsor; gs. Prolific Broad. 



Plate IV. — Side and ventral views of ripe seeds, natural size, ai, Black 

 Valentine; a2. Turtle Soup; a^. Black Prince; 04, Prolific Market; 05, 

 Challenge Black Wax; bi, Currie ; b2, German Black Wax; bz, Pencil Pod 

 Black Wax; &4, Yosemite; ci. Black Kentucky Wonder; C2, Powell Pro- 

 lific; C3, Black German Pole; 04, Indian Chief; di, Garden Pride; d2, 

 Emporer William; d^, Hurst Everbearing; c?4, Everbearing; ei, White 



