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toes, brocoli, and other species of bras- I cessary to plant successive crops at 

 sica. It is composed of carbonate of intervals of two or three weeks, which 

 soda, and iodide and bromide of potas- is much preferable to planting but sel- 

 sium, carbon, sulphates of lime and ' dom, and then a larger quantity. Plan- 



magnesia, and other matters ot triviai 

 importance. See Green Manure. 



K E N N E D Y A . Fifteen species. 

 Green-house evergreen twiners. Cut- 

 tings. Sandy loam and peat. 



K E R R I A japonica. Hardy deci- 

 duous shrub. Young cuttings. Com- 

 mon soil. More commonly called Cor- 

 chorus japonicus. 



KIDNEY-BEAN. Phaseolus vulga- 

 ris. Haricot, Fr. Schminkbohne, Ger. 

 Judias, Span. Faguiolo, Ital. 



" Of the Snap-Short Bean, the Hari- 

 cot of the French, the varieties and 

 sub-varieties are numerous. Those 



tations made so late as 1st August, ge- 

 nerally succeed and yield abundantly. 



" When they have risen three or four 

 inches, give them a careful hoeing, to 

 destroy all weeds, and loosen the earth. 

 At this time, or shortly after, draw to- 

 wards the base of the plants, some of 

 the loose soil, to the depth of one or 

 two inches. This process is termed 

 " landing," and is highly beneficial in 

 protecting the roots from excessive 

 drought, and the direct rays of the 

 sun. As the crop approaches matu- 

 rity, nothing more is required than an 

 occasional hoeing, observing always 



enumerated in the Catalogue annexed,; to keep the ground free from weeds 



are such as we esteem most worthy ; 



In selecting a spot to plant beans, 



they consist of the earliest, the latest, I choose where the soil is light and tole- 

 and those which ripen intermediately. ■ rably dry. If it be poor, apply a good 

 The Early Mohawk or Brown Six ! dressing of well rotted manure, either 

 Weeks arrives soonest at perfection, ' spread over the entire surface, or 



and is the hardiest of the early ones ; 

 the Early Yellow, Red Speckled Val- 

 entine, and China Red Eye, immediate- 

 ly succeed. The Red French is about 

 the latest : the other varieties ripen 

 promiscuously. All the kinds are 



placed in the drills when drawn out." 

 — Rural Register. 



Forcing. — The hot-bed must be of 

 moderate size, and covered with earth 

 nine inches thick. When the heat has 

 become regular, the seed may be in- 



brought to the Philadelphia market ; serted in drills a foot apart, and the 

 some purchasers preferring one, and plants allowed to stand six inches asun- 

 others another. The Red Speckled j der in the rows. Air must be admitted 

 Valentine is a variety very generally I as freely as to the melon. The same 

 admired; it is round podded, without j precautions are likewise necessary as to 

 strings, an abundant bearer, and re- I keeping up the temperature, taking the 

 mains tender longer than most others, chill off the water &c.,as for that plant. 

 The Brown Valentine or Refugee, is j When the seed begins to sprout, the 

 also an excellent variety, as also the | mould should be kept regularly moist- 

 China Red Eye. The pods of the Red I ened ; and when grown up, water may 

 French are used as well for pickling as ' be given moderately, three times a week, 

 boiling, and the beans throughout the | The temperature should never be less 

 winter in a dry state, as haricots, and I than 60°, nor higher than 75". Some 

 in soups, for which it is usually pre-; plants of the hot-bed sowing at the end 

 ferred. ' of March, are often, after being gradu- 



" The usual plan of cultivating this ally hardened, planted in a warm bor- 

 tribe, is in drills double or single, der: this will at most hasten the plants 



placing two seeds together at inter- 

 vals of two or three inches : two to 

 two and a half feet should be allowed 

 between the drills. They are much 

 more tender than the Long Pod or 

 Windsor, and will not succeed 



in production a fortnight before those 

 sown in the open ground in May. 



Those sown under frames in March 



for transplanting into a border, when 



two or three inches in height, must in a 



f like manner be hardened gradually for 



planted before the weather has become the exposure, by the plentiful admission 

 somewhat settled, and the earth warm ; of air, and the total removal of the 

 in the latitude of Philadelphia, not glasses during fine days. If any are 

 earlier than April, unless in very dry ! raised in pots in the hot-house, they 

 ground, and protected situations. To 1 must in a like manner be prepared for 

 have a constant supply, it will be ne- 1 the removal, by setting them outside in 



