anecdotes of home circles. Were we more unshackled in these respects, and less 

 confined to particular topics, Newport would afford opportunities to sketch pleasant 

 people no less than scenes ; we should, in fact, close every sketch without the 

 mortifying reflection that "kindness," " hospitality," the ladies and the gentlemen 

 who people the delightful places, are to be omitted ; for, after all, the paradise 

 is more frequently in the inhabitants than in the most cultivated scenery. 



GARDEN YEGETABLES, NO. 4— BEANS. 



BY Wn-LTAM CHORLTON. 



The genus Phaseohis, to which our cultivated beans, with the exception of the 

 English, belong, possesses a wide geographical range. It is found indigenous 

 in Asia, Africa, and America, with its adjacent islands ; but Nature has not 

 furnished Europe, so far as investigation has gone, with a single species. We 

 have several on our northern continent, but those that we usually grow as food, 

 and are to be most profitably recommended, are of Asiatic origin. Notwith- 

 standing which, during the growing season, our climate is highly suitable to their 

 condition, and from their productive aud wholesome qualities, they have now 

 become a class of standard vegetables. 



There have been many species introduced to notice, from time to time, by 

 hardy adventurers, and high expectations have been anticipated ; but when fruiting 

 time came, they were found to be only duplicates of former importations, or were 

 of inferior properties, and we have as often had to fall back upon well-tried, and 

 formerly accepted varieties. The hybridizer is, however, doing his share of 

 improvement, and there is still work ahead. 



The best soil for this class of plants, without exception, is a rich sandy loam. 

 Any tolerably fertile mould, with a dry bottom, will grow them well enough. A 

 cold or wet situation should always be avoided, as in such the seeds will most 

 commonly rot before vegetating; and, in all cases, there is nothing gained by 

 being in too great a hurry to have the beans in the ground before some solar 

 warmth has been infused into it. Great mistakes are often made in this way, and 

 the seedsman is afterwards blamed for having sold bad seed. The fact is, the 

 organization is of tropical constitution, and we cannot force its healthy develop- 

 ment under contrary circumstances ; therefore we may say, as the best advice — ■ 

 wait until the peculiar chilliness which winter leaves behind, and with which all 

 cultivators must be acquainted, has been evaporated from the soil. According 

 to each situation or locality, so will the suitable state be, and after this no time 

 should be lost in sowing the first crop. The hardiest of the Dwarfs, and also the 

 Scarlet Runners, will generally succeed if put in eai*ly ; but with the Lima, or 

 indeed all Pole beans, it is better to let the soil get somewhat warmed by the sun's 

 influence. Seasons differ, and localities are earlier or later according to the 

 latitude, situation, or dryness of base ; and on this account I have endeavored to 

 show the actual requirement, instead of mentioning exact time. So far for out 

 door culture ; but further, if it be required, and expense is no object, the Dwarfs 

 may be had fresh gathered the year round. 



Dwarf or Bush Beans (Phaseohis vulgaris). — Some of the varieties are only 

 fit to be used while the pods are in a young and crisp state, cut into small pieces 

 and boiled ; others are allowed to ripen, and the seeds only cooked ; while a few 

 are adapted to both purposes. They require to be sowed in rows eighteen inches 

 Stretch a garden line tight, and with the corner of a hoe open a drill two 



hes deep ; into this lay the seeds, two inches distant from each other ; cover up 



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