A Genetic Study of Plant Height in Phaseolus Vulgaris. 15 
been rendered by Mr. E. W. Lindstrom, graduate assistant in 
genetics at Cornell University. 
GROWTH HABIT IN BEANS. 
As was pointed out in an earlier paper (Emerson 1904), 
common beans are of two distinct types with respect to habit 
of growth. They are either determinate or indeterminate. The 
former are commonly called bush beans from the fact that they 
are as a rule comparatively short, erect, and much branched, 
Fig. 4. — Upper part of an old bean plant of indeterminate growth, showing 
flower buds at the upper nodes and mature pods at lower nodes. 
