FORWARDING BEANS. 107 



Rhubarb and Sea Kale may be, and sometimes are, 

 forced in the same manner as Asparagus ; but the most 

 general mode is to excite them where they stand in the open 

 garden, by the application of warm dung. 



FORWARDING BROAD BEANS OR ENGLISH 

 DWARFS. 



In the article, Broad Bean, vicia faba, I have already 

 urged the necessity of early planting, in order that a full 

 crop may be insured before the approach of warm weather ; 

 but as the ground is often frozen at the time they ought to 

 be planted, some of the best kinds may be planted in boxes, 

 and placed in a moderate hot-bed in February, or early in 

 March. If the plants thus raised be not nursed too tender, 

 they may be transplanted into the open ground the latter 

 end of March ; this will enable them to produce their fruit 

 early in June. 



Or if a heap of manure be spread thick on a piece of 

 ground late in Autumn, it will keep the earth from freezing, 

 and if this manure be removed in February, and a frame 

 placed over and protected from extreme cold, the seedlings 

 may be raised therein, and transplanted into the gardfen 

 as directed in page 31. 



Those who have not the convenience of hot-beds or 

 frames, may, in the month of February, plant some of the 

 seed about two inches deep in boxes kept in a cellar, or in 

 earth on the floor, which will produce plants fit to transplant 

 in the open garden towards the latter end of March or early 

 in April. 



FORCING KIDNEY BEANS. 



The most dwarfish kinds of Kidney Beans may be 

 raised in hot-beds ; but they require a substantial heat to 

 mature them. The temperature within the frames should 

 be kept up to 60, and may rise to 70 or 75, provided the 

 steam is let off. In order to insure sufficient heat to bring 



