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require no protection. In the Sonth, any time from January 

 to March will do. Plant in double drills, from six to nine 

 inches apart, according to the variety. The rows should be 

 three feet apart for the smaller sorts, and from four to six for 

 the larger. Cover the early kinds one inch deep, and the late 

 an inch and a half. The sticks should be from two and a half 

 to three feet for the early sorts. The Matchless Marrow reaches 

 the height of five or six feet, and the New Mammoth is a still 

 loftier grower. When the plants are about two inches high, 

 stir the ground well, and earth them up a little. Eepeat this 

 operation several times before setting the sticks or brush, 

 which should be done when the peas are from six to eight 

 inches high. If the season be dry, watering will much increase 

 the crop. Topping ofif the points of the vines soon after the 

 first blossoms appear will hasten the growth of the fruit. The 

 smaller kinds of early peas may be planted about half an inch 

 apart in the drills, and the later and larger sorts from a third 

 of an inch to an inch. It is weU to soak them twenty -four 

 hours before planting. 



To forward an early crop, plant in lines from east to west, 

 and stick a row of cedar, spruce-fir, or other evergreen branches 

 along the north side, sloping so as to bend over the plants at 

 one foot or eighteen inches from the ground. These protect 

 them from cold rains and at the same time leave them open to 

 the full influence of the sun. Behind this temporary hedge 

 there should be a close board fence, a brick or stone wall, or a 

 high close hedge. 



Beans, cabbage, lettuce, radish, or celery may be planted 

 between the rows of peas, especially of the earlier sorts. 



Peas which are to be ripened or dried should not be sowed 

 before the tenth of June, as all earlier crops wiU be infected 

 with bugs. 



2. The Bush-Beax — Pliaseolus Vulgaris. 



The bean is believed to be a native of India, whence it was 

 ?)rought to England near the close of the sixteenth century. In 



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