PI. 264. 
A ROW OF THE GOA BEAN. 
(Botor tetragonoloba (L.) Kuntze. See S. P. I. No. 45928.) 
View of a row of botor plants, showing their possibilities as a cover crop in nursery rows and 
orchards. Pods just filling. This is the first experimental planting of this bean in America, 
and its further trial will be necessary to determine its final place in our agriculture. In 
the true Tropics its fleshy root, which resembles a sweet potato in shape, is cooked and 
eaten, as well as the green pods, which are used in place of snap beans. Presented by 
the College of Agriculture of Los Banos, Philippine Islands. (Photographed by David 
Fairchild, BrooksviUe, Fla., November 20, 1918; P24634FS.) 
