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they begin to flower, and to draw out all bad plants, to prevent their farina from iu, 

 pregnsiting with the good ; to effect which this is always done before the flowers open; 

 By thus diligently drawing out the bad, reserving those which come earliest to flower,, 

 pease have greatly hetti unproved of late years. 



These pease are usually sown in little trenches parallel to each other. When the 

 plants come up, the earth should he drawn up to their shanks, and the ground kopt- 

 vntircly free from weeds ; and, when the plants are grown eight or ten inches high, 

 you should stick some brushwood into the ground close to die pease for them to ramp 

 upon, which will support them from trailing upon the ground, which is very apt to rot 

 the growing sorts of pease, especially in wet seasons ; besides, by thus supporting 

 tbeni, the air can freely pass between them, which will preserve the blossoms from 

 falling off before their time, and occasion them to bear much better than if permitted' 

 to lie upon the ground, and there will be room to pass between the rows to gjUhCr the 

 pease when they are ripe. With proper attention they are raised i^-iaiiiui^a of as 

 sweet and high a flavour as any ii^-England. 



The following method of keeping grteri -pease, and French beans, is given hr 

 Sonmni's Bibhothcyue r/iU^'C-econorutque. Into a middluig-sized stew-pan, filled 

 With vour.o ^""Cii -pease, put two or three table spoonfuls of sugar, and place the pan 

 over a brisk charcoal lire. As soon as the pease begin to feel the heat, stir them twice 

 or three times, and when they yield water, pour them out on a dish to drain. When 

 drained, spread them out on paper in an airy room, out of the sun, and turn them 

 frequently that they may dry the sooner. It is necessary for their keeping, that they 

 sbwuld not retain any moisture, for if they do, they will soon grow mouldy. French- 

 beans may he managed in the same way, and will thus keep till the next season, as well 

 5*voured as when fust gathered. . 



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Pea, Pigeon See Pigeon Pea. 

 Pear-Tree See Avocado Pear. 



PEAR-WITHE, TAN,ECIUM 



Ci. 14, OR. 2. Didynamiaangiospermir:. Nat. or. 

 "Sen. char. Calyx a one-leafed perianth, tubular, truncate, quite entire ; (scm\e- 

 iimes lightly bidented or tri-denled, purmanent) ; corolla one-petaled, long; 

 tube-jcylmdncal, widened above ; border from erect spreading, -five-cleft, almost 

 equal ; the two upper segments approximating, less divided, nearly tipright, the 

 three lower spreading, .a little reffexed ; stamens fouF aim >st equal fitaments, 

 fchorter than the corolla, bending in under the back of the tube, with the rudiment 

 of. a fifth; anthers.two-lobed ; the pistil has a germ placed on a fleshy ring,~ 

 roui.dish ; style simple ; stigma two-lobed ; the pericarp is a large berry, sub- 

 pedicelled, globular, or oblong, two-celled ; seeds numerous, oblong, angular^, 

 pastling. There are two species, both nativerof Jamaica. 



I. JAROBA. . . 



Cucurbit i/cre arbor /ertc, rhamniftKie spinosa, ftliii tfongis confer~- 



