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at 24. There is hope tliat the last-named seeds may, by breeding- 

 tnie to their color, prcdiiee a prolific variety of lima of the medium 

 type so far as size aaid quality of the beans are concerned. 



Had there been a Avhite representative in the first series of crosses 

 (upper row in the plate) it inight have been possible to have 

 arranged the piles so that, with uniformity, the left-hand piles 

 would represent the "Jackson" seeds, so far as color values are 

 concerned, and have each row end in a white pile, representing the 

 color of the female parent, between which extremes there might 

 have been placed the two intermediates, as has been done in the 

 lower three rows in the present plate. 



Further Notes npon the Ahove CroAses. 



"Jaclcson-Barpcc" (01 'SO). — The plants, though few in num- 

 ber, presented much variation in respect to foliage and fruit, some 

 closely resembling the "Jackson," a few the "Burpee," while others- 

 were intermediate. One plant bore an abundance of pods quite as. 

 large as the "Burpee," with large flat seeds of a dark red color. 



"Jaclf son-Henderson" (91/89). — This cross was well repre- 

 sented by thirty-seven plants, which were quite uniformly of the 

 "Sieva" type in foliage and pod, and many gave proinise of a bear- 

 ing quality equal to that of the "Jackson," 



"Jackson-Wood's Prolific" (91/98). — The forty-one plants^ 

 grown by themselves, varied in developing a strong tendency to- 

 "run." Thii"ty-five truly bush plants varied in habit of growth 

 and color of foliage from upright to spreading, with dark green to 

 light green leaves, and one differed remarkably from the rest in it&. 

 larger, light green leaves, larger pods and spreading habit. 



"Jaclson-Will&iv-leaf" (91/97). — Plants were gi-own from 

 seed selected in both the "Jackson" and "Willow-leaf" rows, and 

 the crosses were divided about evenly in regard to foliage charac- 

 ters. An examination of the seed from twenty different plants,, 

 chosen at random — ten of which were "AYillow-leaf" and ten 

 "Jackson," upon the maternal side — showed the average size and 

 form to be the same in both cases. One plant of the "Jackson" 

 type was noted as having seed larger than that of either parent. 



" J Lickson-Station." — This cross, represented by the largest num- 

 ber of individuals (182), showed a plant variation from the 



