180 THE FORCING GARDEN. 



perhaps one foot three inches will do if some of the 

 dwarfer sorts are wanted. Zion House and Fulmer Early 

 are the best free-bearing and dwarf sorts to grow for 

 any class of forcing. 



For high-class forcing the Beans should be sown 

 three in an eight-inch pot of old hot-bed manure and 

 maiden loam of equal parts, giving a good drainage to 

 the pots. They should be placed in a Cucumber house 

 or early vinery, but it is necessary in order to be really 

 successful, to get as much light as possible to them in 

 the early season, so as to get an abundance of large 

 Bean pods, and for this purpose a good house is neces- 

 sary for them where a brisk and lively heat can be kept 

 up, and where the pots can be placed near the glass. 

 It is best to fill the pots about two-thirds with a com- 

 post (making it moderately firm), and then to place 

 the Beans in an angle on it, covering them one and a 

 half inches with half dry, light and fine soil leaf- 

 mould two parts and maiden loam one part. Give no 

 water till the seed is up, and not much then. As the 

 plants get strength and grow above the pots, fill them 

 up among the Beans with half-dry compost ; be careful 

 of watering too much till the plants get strong and 

 begin to show fruit, when more may be given, and as 

 soon as the pods begin to come on freely, give some 

 weak liquid manure for a few times. 



Beans are liable to the attacks of the red spider, 

 when the atmosphere is too hot and dry; so that frequent 

 syringing must be resorted to to prevent them, and 

 while the Beans are growing freely fumigation will 

 prevent the attacks of this pest. 



