332 CORN AND BEANS, ETC. 



quite early in April. This variety needs rich 

 soil, and rotted manure drilled in with the seed 

 is of great advantage. The limas should not 

 be planted till about the tenth of May in our 

 latitude, as they cannot endure cold or wet 

 weather. Unless the ground of the garden is 

 rich and light, it is well to prepare the hills 

 around poles, as described for cucumbers. 



Many lose their first plantings by covering 

 too deeply. Limas should be pushed under the 

 soil about an inch only, eye or germ down- 

 wards. Seemingly they do not like being bur- 

 ied, and soon reappear again, thus tending to 

 substantiate the ghost theory still so prevalent. 

 Not unfrequently the surprised amateur has 

 poked them back again and then they stayed, 

 but the poles remained bare. If you want to 

 obtain anything from Nature, treat her as 

 " lovely woman," and let her have her ov/n way 

 as far as possible, however odd her methods. 



