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glass or two, (see Paragraph 94,) use one or the 

 other in this case; but, if not, dig a hole and put in 

 it, well-shaken together, a couple of wheel-barrows 

 full of good hot dung ; and lay some good rich mould 

 upon it six inches thick. Then lay on this some c 

 the earliest sort of dwarf-beans. Put them not more 

 than an inch apart, and cover them with two inches 

 of fine rich mould. Bend some rods over the whole, 

 and put the ends of the rods in the ground ; and, 

 every evening, cover this sort of roof over with a 

 bit of old carpet or sail-cloth. In default of these, 

 corn-stalks may do. Do this when the winter frost 

 is just got out of the ground, or soon after. The 

 beans will be up in a week's time ; and, in about a 

 fortnight afterwards, they will be fit to remove. 

 The place for them is under a wall, a paling, or a 

 hedge, facing the South. Prepare the ground well 

 and make it rich. Take a spade and carry away a 

 part of the beans at a time, and plant them at six 

 inches asunder with as much earth about the roots 

 as you can. Plant them a little deeper than they 

 stood in the bed. They are very juicy, and may 

 have a little water given them as soon as planted. 

 Shade them the first day, if the weather be warm 

 and the sun out; and cover them every night till 

 all frosts be over. This is easily done, if against 

 any sort of fence, by putting boards, one edge upon 

 the ground and the other leaning against the fence ; 

 but, if you have no fence, and have to plant in the 

 open ground, it will be best to plant in clumps, and 

 flower-pots put over the clumps will do for a cover- 

 ing. In Long Island a clod or two, or a brick or 

 two, laid by the side of the clumps, will hold up a 

 large horse-foot fish shell, which is an excellent co- 

 vering-. On the first of June, 1817, I saw a farmer 

 at South Hempstead, covering his beans with bur* 



