OF ESCULENTS. -SECT. XV\ 



towards the end of February, and not sooner, lest 

 they rot. 



w The dwarf marrowfats may belaid in the drills 

 half an inch asunder, the large marrowfats three 

 quarters, the Moratto an inch, and the American 

 two inches, and each sort covered two inches. The 

 Leadmaris dwarf pea, for its small size, is admired 

 at genteel tables, and is sweet #nd fruitful ; but ra- 

 ther longer in coming in than the usual late sorts : 

 It escapes the mildew better than other peas, and 

 therefore is proper for the latest crops in open 

 ground. It requires sticks only from two to three 

 feet high, and may be sown thicker than any other 

 pea, and till Midsummer. On the same day that 

 'hotspurs are sown, put in a crop of any of these late 

 peas, and they wall come in proper succession ; f. e. 

 ten days or a fortnight after. 



To save seed-peas, let none of the crop be ga- 

 thered for eating, except late formed ones ; which 

 had better not be left among the rest, for the reason 

 given in the article of kidney-bean. 



Peas will transplant, and therefore broken rows 

 may be made up, only chuse (if possible) mild and 

 moist weather for the work in March, and shade 

 them with a little straw, until they have taken root. 

 If the autumn sown crops were cut off, peas may be 

 sown under hand-glasses in January or February, 

 and thus forwarded, planting them out when they 

 have been about a fortnight above ground. 



Watering peas in a dry time answers well, and 

 especially when in flower and fruiting. To receive 

 the water, let ridges be drawn towards the earthing 

 up, forming a gutter on each side the sticks. 



If slugs, or other insects, attack young peas, strew 

 spme lime, fresh slacked, or soot, along the sides of 

 the rows, so as not to touch the plants, after which 

 give them a watering, and repeat it a day or two. 



