BEANS, FRENCH (Phaseolus vulgar is^ Cultivation. For the 

 earliest crop sow in September, in the warmest and most sheltered 

 part of the garden ; later crops may be sown in damper and more 

 exposed situations. Successional crops may be sown once a month 

 until January. Sow the seed in drills two feet apart, and two inches 

 in depth, or less in heavy soils, and four inches between the seeds. 

 If the weather becomes dry the ground may be mulched, and soak- 

 ings of water should be frequently given. The climbing varieties 

 should be sown in drills four feet apart, and six inches between the 

 seeds. They may be sown near a fence or building, and trained on 

 strings or trellises ; otherwise sticks five or six feet in length should 

 be stuck in the rows, one to each plant. 



BEANS, LIMA Cultivation. Lima beans should not be planted 

 until warm weather has fairly set in (say October). The tall variety 

 requires stakes or poles about five feet high. They are dressed and 

 cooked like broad beans, which they somewhat resemb.'e in flavour, 

 but far more nutritious, and served with butttr. In America they 

 are very largely grown, and highly esteemed. 



BORECOLE, KALE OR CURLED GREENS (linissicd oh-mccii 

 lU'cphnln.) Cultivation. Sow the seed from December to February 

 for the main crop, and again in July, and plant out as soon as ready 

 in rows two feet apart, and eighteen inches to two feet between the 

 plants. 



