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A Stripling from the Tropics 



In the foreground, the South American bean whose stalk 

 suggests the one that Jack grew, according to the nursery legend. 

 To appreciate the size of this tropical bean, growing now in Mr. Bur- 

 bank's garden, it should be explained that the corn in the experi- 

 mental bed beside it is more than eighteen feet tall. 



