. ..\v YORK 

 BOTANICAL 



PREFACE 



Under authority from the State, Laws of 1925, the New York State Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station is publishing a work entitled The Vegetables of 

 New York. The publication is to be issued in three volumes of two or more parts 

 each. Part I of Volume I, The Peas of New York was printed in 1928. The 

 publication in hand, The Beans of New York, now appears as Part II of Volume I. 

 The Beans of New York does not differ in any material respect in aim or scope 

 from the part which has preceded it, to the preface of which the reader is referred 

 for a full statement of the several ends in view in these monographs, the considera- 

 tions which have governed the selection of varieties and illustrations, and the 

 methods of treating synonyms, references, and classifications. 



The statement of authorship which appears on the title page needs a word of 

 explanation. The writer, whose name appears as senior author, has had the 

 planning of the work and the general supervision of it from start to finish. Chap- 

 ters 1 and 2 on the History and Botany of Beans were written by Professor Van 

 Eseltine. The remaining chapter, containing general notes, a glossary of terms, 

 history, and descriptions of varieties was written by Professor Tapley and Mr. 

 Enzie. Mr. F. H. Hall and Mr. L. R. Hawthorn, former members of the Station 

 staff, whose names appear in The Peas of New York, did some work with beans 

 before Professor Tapley and Mr. Enzie came to the Station. Credit should be 

 given to Professor C. B. Sayre, Chief of the Division of Vegetable Crops at this 

 Station, for valuable advice. 



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