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found the best practice to raise a few plants in pots, and transplant. 

 3-inch pots may be employed, using moderately rich soil, placing two 

 good seeds oppositely, and near the sides of the pot. They may be 

 placed in a warm house or frame, transferring to a shelf or a cold frame 

 in time to prevent the plants becoming drawn, hardening off, and 

 finally transplanting, if possible, at the foot of either a south or west 

 "wall. Early in May will be soon enough to plant, and even then 

 they will require protection from late frosts. This protection may 

 easily be given at any time, if a few branches of Spruce Fir, or 

 some other evergreen, are kept in readiness. Hand-lights, as they are 

 taken off the earliest Cauliflowers, may also be placed on a warm 

 border, and be each filled with about eight plants in two lines : this 

 of course will forward the Beans considerably. The seed should be 

 sown about three weeks before the plants are required ; and if only 

 fifty plants are put out, they will yield several small and acceptable 

 dishes. 



To maintain the supply, seed may be sown on a warm border, should 

 the ground be in good working order, about the middle of April, other- 

 wise it is advisable to delay sowing till the end of the month, sowing 

 again about three weeks later, also on a warm border, unless the spaces 

 between the trenches got out for Celery are utilised for the purpose. 

 Osborn's Forcing is the best for the earliest sowings — Canadian 

 Wonder and Negro Longpod forming good successions. Moulding 

 up is sufficient support for the former, but the two latter well repay 

 staking, moulding up then being unnecessary. The soil should be 

 moderately rich for Kidney Beans. The rows may be placed from 

 24 to 30 inches apart, according to the growth of the variety. On 

 poor sandy soils, the rows of Osborns and other dwarf sorts may be 

 placed 18 inches apart, thinning out the plants to about 5 inches. 

 The stronger growers well repay being given plenty of room, say from 

 9 to 10 inches apart. All of course require to be kept clean by frequent 

 hoeings. Watering is seldom necessary ; and it is difficult to apply in 

 sufficient quantities on a warm sloping border. 



Haricot Beans. — Unfortunately these are not in request in many 

 establishments. I say unfortunately, for it is a matter of regret they 

 are not, as they give a variety to the list of vegetables daily required, 

 at a time when much needed, and are besides very wholesome, and 

 can be made delicious. What are usually supplied by seedsmen, if 

 Haricot Beans are ordered, are tall growing, and require stakes ; but 

 any kind of white Beans are suitable, and I prefer the White Dutch 

 or Caseknife to the much smaller-seeded White Haricot. Last season 

 the seed ripened badly in many gardens, which of course injuriously 

 affected the quality ; and to guard against a recurrence of this, I re- 

 commend the growth of a quantity either of a dwarf or runner Bean 

 on a warm border, the latter to have all running growth pinched back 

 whenever made. Carter's White Advancer may well be grown for its 



