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feet alleys answer, unless it be intended [ of a mansion, or the plan of the grounds, 

 to cultivate them with the horse hoe, as < allows him to construct it in the most 

 is done by market gardeners. appropriate spot. 



Those who are particularly fond of i A gentle declination towards the 

 this bean, can accelerate the crop, by , south, with a point to the east, is the 

 setting a frame at the close of winter, \ most favourable aspect ; to the north- 

 under the lee of a board fence, or other ! east the least so : in short, any point to 



protected situation, exposed to the sun, 

 which cover with glass, and in severe 

 weather with matting or straw, so as 

 effectually to exclude the frost. Herein 

 plant the beans, one seed to the square 

 inch, and let them remain, until the 

 arrival of milder weather, when they 

 should be transplanted to the position 

 in the garden which it is intended they 

 shall occupy. In transplanting them, 

 care should be taken not to injure the 

 roots, to guard against which, use a 

 trowel to ease them up, and suffer as 

 much earth as will, to adhere. During 

 the time they remain in the frame, the 

 sash should be raised when the weather 

 is mild, to admit the air, and gradually 

 harden them, preparatory to full ex- 

 posure when transplanted, else the sud- 

 den change of temperature might prove 

 fatal. In order to make them set fruit 

 more certainly, it is the practice to nip 

 off the top or leading shoots when they 

 are in full flower; this checks the growth, 

 and directs the strength of the plant 

 towards the blossoms. If a part of the 

 flowers are destroyed in this operation, 

 there is no loss. 



Whilst the crop is growing and pro- 

 gressing towards maturity, keep the 

 ground well hoed, and free from weeds. 

 When the plants have attained six or 

 eight inches in height, draw towards 

 their base a portion of loose earth, 

 which will encourage them to put forth 

 fresh fibres, and protectthc roots already 

 formed, from the sun's rays. — Rural 

 Register. 



KIRGANELIA elegans. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Ripe cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



KITAIBELIA vitifolia. Hardy herb- 

 aceous. Seed. Common soil. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Situation of the Kitchen Garden. — In 

 selecting the site, and in erecting the 

 inclosures, as well as in the after pre- 



the south is to be preferred to one verg- 

 ing towards the north. A high wall 

 should inclose it to the north and east, 

 gradually lowering to the south and 

 west. If, however, a plantation or 

 building on the east side, at some dis- 

 tance, shelter it from the piercing 

 winds, which blow from that quarter, 

 and yet are at such a distance as not to 

 intercept the rays of the rising sun, it 

 is much to be preferred to heightening 

 the wall. It is a still greater desidera- 

 tum to have a similar shelter, or that 

 of a hill on the south-west and north- 

 west points. The garden is best situated 

 at a moderate elevation ; the summit of 

 a hill, or the bottom of a valley, is equal- 

 ly to be avoided. It is a fact not very 

 difficult of explanation, that low lying 

 ones are the most liable to suffer from 

 blights and severe frosts ; those much 

 above the level of the sea are obviously 

 most exposed to inclement winds. 



Size of the Kitchen Garden. — To de- 

 termine the appropriate size of a kitchen 

 garden is impossible. It ought to be 

 proportionate to the size of the family, 

 their partiality for vegetables, and the 

 fertility of the soil. 



It may serve as some criterion to 

 state, that the management of a kitchen 

 garden occupying the space of an acre, 

 aflbrds ample employment for a garden- 

 er, who will also require an assistant 

 at the busiest period of the year. In 

 general, a family of four persons, ex- 

 clusive of servants, requires a full rood 

 of open kitchen garden. 



Plan of the Kitchen Garden. — In 

 forming the ground plan of a kitchen 

 garden, utility is the main object. The 

 form and aspect represented in the 

 accompanying sketch are, perhaps, as 

 unobjectionable as any, since none of 

 the walls face the north, and conse- 

 quently the best aspects are obtained 

 for the trees. A narrow path two feet 



paration of the soil, the ingenuity and j wide should extend round, adjoining 

 science of the horticulturist are essen- j the wall, and then a border about ten 



tially requisite. He will be called upon 

 to rectify the defects and to improve the 

 advantages which nature affords; for it 



feet, the widest on those broad sides 

 that face the south, which not only is 

 beneficial to the trees, but convenient 



is very seldom that the natural situation ' for raising early crops, &c. Next to 



