18 THE KITCHEN GARDEN. [JAN. 



The various kinds of Early Peas will require rods from four to 

 five feet high ; the taller Marrowfat, Champion of England, and other 

 tall-growing kinds, will require them to be from six to seven feet 

 high, exclusive of the part to be inserted in the earth ; they ought to 

 be formed or dressed fan fashion, the lower ends pointed, for the 

 ease of pushing them into the earth, and laid by, either under some 

 shed, or in any convenient place, till wanted ; one set of rods will, 

 with care, last for three years. The same kind of rods that the tall- 

 growing peas require, will answer for the generality of running Kid- 

 ney Beans ; the Lima beans requiring strong poles from eight to nine 

 feet high. 



If in this and the next month, you neglect forwarding everything 

 that can possibly be done, in and for the garden, you will materially 

 find the loss of such inattention, when the hurry and pressure of 

 spring business overtake you. Every active and well inclined gar- 

 dener will find abundant employment in the various departments of 

 the garden at this season, and need not be idle, if disposed to be in- 

 dustrious, or to serve either himself or his employer. 



FRAMING. 



Many will think that the instructions hereafter given for the raising 

 of early Cucumbers and Melons, in frames, are too diffuse ; especially 

 in a country which abounds in these kinds of fruit, produced in such 

 quantities, in summer and autumn, without artificial heat, or very 

 much trouble. 



The remark may be just, but the principal motive for giving these 

 lengthy instructions is, to exercise the young gardener in the art of 

 managing Garden Frames in general ; an art absolutely essential to 

 every good Gardener, and which cannot be better exemplified than 

 in the raising of early Cucumbers and Melons. And besides, these 

 fruits coming into use at an early season, will be much valued and 

 esteemed. 



As several other kinds of kitchen garden vegetables are desirable 

 at an early season, such as cresses, rape, lettuce, mustard, radishes, 

 &c., to cut while young; asparagus, radishes, peas, kidney beans, &c., 

 to be forwarded in early perfection ; cauliflower and cabbage plants, 

 to succeed those sown in September, and to produce a principal crop 

 for early summer use ; you should now provide the necessary sup- 

 plies of hot stable dung, rich earth, and other requisites proper for 

 their cultivation in hot-beds, as explained for each, under its respect- 

 ive head.* 



HOT-BED FRAMES AND LIGHTS. 



If not already provided with hot-bed frames and lights, you may 

 get them made agreeably to the following instructions. Large frames 



* The whole of these requirements may be more effectually secured by 

 close and compact low houses, heated by hot-water pipes. Though more 

 expensive at first, there is a final saving. 



