DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Remarks on some Dwarf Beans.— Dear Sir; 

 The venerable Philip Miller, nearly a century 

 ago, pointed out in his " Qardener's Calender," 

 the advantages " those gentlemen who lived in 

 the country" derive through being enabled "to 

 make choice of such fruits and esculent plants as 

 will be in season at a particular time of the year. - ' 

 In these commercial, money-making days, not on- 

 ly " those gentlemen,*' but the horticultural pub- 

 lic generally, arc interested in making the ac- 

 quaintance of the properties and qualities of es- 

 culent plants and fruits. Whoever aids in extend- 

 ing this acquaintance, I deem to be useful — no mat- 

 ter how slight or how trivial his exertions may be. 

 Under this impression, I sent you the result of a 

 small experiment on the comparative earlinessof 

 some kinds of Peas. You also thought it useful, 

 and published it — this encourages me to olfer you 

 another on some dwarf Beans. 



I sowed two rows of each of the following 

 kinds, " side by side," on the 24th of May, they 

 were ready for use in (he following order: — 



1 . Early Mohawk, July 6. 



2. Early Six Weeks, or Dun Bean, do. 8. 



3. China Red Eyed, do. 10. 



4. Early Valentine,. July 10. 



5. Late Valentine, or Refugee,. . . do. 14. 



6. Royal Dwarf, do. 14. 



Early Mohavsk is a full sized bean, of a light 



brown color, profusely covered by brownish pur- 

 ple blotches — its earliness is its best recommenda- 

 tion. Early S>x Weeks, full sized — of a dull 

 cream color, and a good bearer. China Red 

 Eyed , small bean, white — red about the " eye," 

 comparatively productive. The pods are very 

 slender and handsome and the plant dwarf, soon 

 dyinir out, thereby rendering a useful kind where 

 another crop is required immediately to succeed. 

 Early Valentine, bean middle-sized, light brown — 

 nearly covered with very pale purple blotches. 

 This is a very popular bean for general use, and, 

 I opine, deservedly so. Late Valentine, bean 

 small, dull white — profusely covered with deep 

 purple blotches, — pod small, generally streaked 

 with purple while green. It possesses a valuable 

 property in being a continual bearer — at the end 

 of September it bore many green and tender 

 enough for use. Royal Dwarf, large white bean, 

 plant of a robust thickset habit of growth. 

 Though the latest, it is the best kind for produ- 

 cing a L'rcat weight of seed. 



With these, I also sowed the llliite Dwarf, 

 Mexican Black, and some other kinds, from the 

 United States Patent Office. The two former 

 proved to be running beans to a certain extent. 

 I have therefore refrained from making any com- 

 parative remarks on them. They arc not, how- 

 ever, true running beans. I would make of them 

 a third, or intermediate class, including the Late 



Valentine from the true dwarfs. Such a clas 3 

 might be termed '• Running Dwarf beans." Their 

 distinctive character from dwarfs, would be conti- 

 nual bearing, and their distinctive treatment, 

 daeper soil, and an occasional cutting back of their 

 straggling shoots. The beans from the U. S. Pa- 

 tent Office, were named respectively "Red Bean" 

 " Speckled Bean," and " Small Chilian Bean." 

 Either from being old seed, or from having been 

 injured by along voyage from a foreign climate, 

 which is possible, — or from having been ripened in 

 a different climate from that in which they were 

 sow T ed, which I think probable, — or more probably 

 from all three causes combined, they have but 

 just made their appearance through the soil — too 

 late to be of any service. They were very lar^e 

 and handsome beans, — and, I think, can "they be 

 successfully cultivated we shall be indebted to the 

 Patent Office for a very useful introduction. 



Would the Editor encourage me to inquire of 

 the readers of the Horticulturist, whether any per- 

 son has been more successful than I with them ? 

 I am, Sir, Very respectfully yours, Thomas Mee- 

 han, Rosedale, Kingsessing, Philadelphia. 



Special Manures. — Your timely article in the 

 last number of your valuable paper — upon the 

 falling leaves for enriching the soil, prevented my 

 burning a large quantity. 



I had thought of their virtue but supposed I 

 would gain by destroying the embryo insects which 

 I thought to abound on them, secreted for another 

 spring sun's warmth. 



I have gathered them and put them three to 

 four inches deep, on an asparagus bed, and then 

 covered them (to prevent the wind's blowing them 

 off,) by well rotted manure; next spring, (from 

 the warm and sure protection from the winter's 

 frost ) I look for an early and healthy return for 

 my labor. 



In the spring I shall dig them in — and the soil 

 will be truly enriched. [We trust you have in- 

 cluded in the dressing, the tops of the asparagus 

 itself. Ed.] 



This has not been the first suggestion heeded 

 from your paper. 



After having the " Old Digger's " article pub- 

 lished in our Democrat, in common with several 

 I made a bed after his plan, and find my vines well 

 rooted. I put the " Rival Hudson," Burr's "New 

 Pine," " Early Scarlet," " Hovey's," and some 

 new seedlings from E. & Barry's, in the bed. — 

 The success it will do to report upon hereafter. If 

 the plan succeeds well, due credit will be given to 

 your good hearted correspondent. 



I am sorry to say that our apple crop is very 

 poor this year. 



The fruit which we have is imperfect — Straw- 

 berries, plums, pears, cherries, and quinces, havo 



