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lating since 1882, and nearly all of the varieties described have been 
grown more than one season. 
Names and Authorities. 
As in former reports, liberty has not * been taken to change names, 
however inconvenient they appeared, but in every case where there 
was a choice, the name that seemed most appropriate has been adopted. 
Although the list of varieties described in the vegetables treated 
is rather exhaustive, it is not supposed to be complete. Some, of 
which our notes do not furnish full data, have been omitted, and a 
few named in the seed catalogues have not been grown at the Station. 
The list of synonyms, though often rather extensive, has been con- 
fined to those actually tested in the garden, and to those taken from 
horticultural works. Had the slightly differing names that seed cata- 
logues apply to standard varieties been added, the number of syno- 
nyms might in many cases have been greatly increased. 
How far these descriptions will prove reliable under other condi- 
tions of soil and climate, is a question that experiment must decide. 
They are offered only as a contribution to vegetable botany. 
The authority is appended for both the names and synonyms. An 
authority printed in small capitals indicates that the variety to which 
it is appended has already been more or less thoroughly described, 
under that name, by the author, or in the work cited, f This fur- 
nishes a rather complete bibliography of the varieties. 
An authority added to the adopted name of a variety, and printed 
in small letters, without a date, indicates that this name has been given 
as a synonym by the author or in the work cited. 
The date or dates appended indicate that the authority is a seeds- 
man, from whom the seed was procured under the name, and in the 
year or years specified. 
Synonyms that have been determined or verified at the station are 
printed in italics. In cases of doubt the name is followed with the 
interrogation point. Synonyms not printed in italics have not been 
verified, and are given only on the authority appended to them. 
* A single exception occurs in the case of the Yellow Pattypan squash, 
to which the word " pattypan " was annexed in order to ally it with its near 
relative, the White Pattypan. 
t Initials are sometimes used as abbreviations for the names of seed 
firms, as H. & W., J. & S., etc. Though of necessity printed in capitals, 
these do not in any case refer to authors. 
