THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [FEB. 



put on immediately ; when the heat is come up, level the bed, and 

 cover the dung seven or eight inches deep with rich light earth ; 

 then draw drills from the back to the front a foot asunder, and an 

 inch deep; drop the beans therein two or three inches apart, and 

 -smooth over the surface of the bed. 



Or you may sow the beans thick in a small hot-bed, or in pots 

 therein, to raise the plants about an inch in growth, then transplant 

 them into a large hot-bed as above, to yield their produce 



The best sorts for this purpose, are the early cream-coloured 

 dwarfs, early speckled, white and yellow dwarfs ; because these 

 kinds are of an early nature, and do not run so strong or rampant 

 as the other sorts. 



When the plants begin to appear, raise the lights a little behind, 

 every mild day, to admit fresh air to strengthen their growth ; give 

 also occasional gentle waterings, continue the same care in 

 their advancing state, and support a proper heat in the bed : they 

 will thus afford an early produce in April, &c. 



But where there is a hot-house, you may raise early kidney or 

 French beans, generally with much less trouble and more certain* 

 success, than in hot-beds, as above. 



Small Sallading. 



Continue to raise in hot-beds a regular supply of small sallading, 

 such as cresses, mustard, rape, radishes, lettuce, &c. as directed in 

 January ? pages 1 1 and 12, which must be sown every eight or ten 

 days, in order to afford a proper succession ; for at this season such 

 are more acceptable, and to many persons more palatable, than at 

 any other period of the year. 



Towards the latter end of the month, in the middle states, and 

 in all parts to the southward, you may begin to sow lettuce and the 

 other different kinds of small sallading on warm well sheltered 

 south borders, especially i the great winter frosts have passed 

 away. 



For this purpose dig the ground neatly, giving it an advantageous 

 slope towards the sun, rake the surface fine, and draw shallow 

 drills from north to south about three or four inches distant, sow 

 the seeds therein, each sort separate, very thick, and earth them 

 over not more than a quarter of an inch deep. If the season proves 

 favourable, you may expect tolerable success ; but the more certain 

 way would be to cover these beds with frames and glasses, which 

 would not only forward them to perfection at an earlier period, but 

 also protect them from the various accidents incident to such early 

 crops in unfavourable seasons. 



When these plants both under cover and in the open ground, 

 begin to come up, they sometimes, by rising very thick, raise the 

 earth in a kind of cake upon their tops, which consequently retards 

 their growth ; they may be assisted by whisking the surface lightly 

 with your hand, Sec. to separate the earth ; after which, the plants 

 \vill rise regularly. 



