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have any in an advanced state you may now transplant them as above, 

 to remain for bearing. But if you have the convenience of a hot- 

 house or forcing-house of any kind, you may easily and expeditiously 

 raise them therein, by either sowing the seeds or planting the plants, 

 if in a state of forwardness, in large pots, and depositing these in 

 convenient places in those houses. 



N. B. A large quantity of the fallen leaves of trees laid around all 

 your hot-beds, as high as the upper parts of the frames, especially 

 those which contain tender plants, will afford them a very necessary 

 protection, by preventing the frost from penetrating through the sides 

 and ends of the frames, and at the same time they will produce a 

 lasting and comforting heat in the beds. 



PLANTING BEANS. 



By beans I mean the Vicia Faba of Linnaeus, and not the Pha- 

 seolus vulgaris, or kidney beans. 



A full crop of these should be planted as early in this or the next 

 month as it is possible to get them into the ground ; for it is from 

 the early sown crops of these, that any tolerable produce may be ex- 

 pected in the United States, especially in the middle and southern 

 parts. 



For this purpose, as soon as the weather will permit, dig an open 

 quarter of good ground, observing that a strong heavy soil is the 

 most suitable, but see that is not too wet when you work it; in which 

 plant a full crop of the early Mazagan, early Lisbon, long-podded, 

 white-blossom, large Windsor, toker, Sandwich, and other kinds : by 

 planting these different varieties at one time, they will come into 

 bearing in regular succession, according to their different degrees of 

 earliness. You need not be under any apprehension of their being 

 injured by the weather, as they are of a hardy nature, and will not 

 suffer by any frost which may overtake them, except in very extra- 

 ordinary cases. 



Plant the small early kinds in drills three feet asunder, and the 

 beans two or three inches distant in the rows, or they may be planted 

 two rows in each drill, four inches distant each way, and covered two 

 inches deep. \ <*'' 



The large kinds, such as the Windsor, toker, Sandwich and broad 

 Spanish, should be planted at the distance of four feet, row from 

 row, and somewhat thinner than the small kinds. These may also 

 be planted occasionally by dibble, but drilling is the more expedi- 

 tious and better way. 



You may continue planting these kinds once a week till the end 

 of March, but those planted after that season will not be so pro- 

 ductive. 



These kinds may be forced in like manner as peas if desired ; for 

 their further treatment, see following months. 



