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be kept on for any considerable length of time, unless you ar,e ex- 

 ceeds till the ground is in a good dry state, and proper condition to 

 Teceive them. 



Sowing Peas. 



Towards the latter end of this month, prepare a dry and well si- 

 tuated piece of ground for an early crop of peas, the early-frame, 

 early Charleton, and Golden hot-spurs, are the kinds most suitable 

 for this crop, but more particularly the first, though the others are 

 excellent, and will immediately succeed the early-frame. 



Sow each sort separate, and pretty thick, in rows or drills three 

 feet asunder, covering them not more than about an inch and a half; 

 or if the ground be very loose and light, two inches deep ; but if it 

 is of a stiff nature, one inch will be sufficient. 



But, in order to give the first early crops a greater advantage, 

 prepare a south border of dry light earth for their reception, and 

 raise the earth into narrow sloping ridges, about a foot broad at the 

 base, and nine inches high and at the distance of three feet from 

 each other i ranging these in a south west direction, from the north 

 side of the border ; then on the easterly sides of these ridges, 

 about half their height, sow your drills of peas, giving them the 

 same depth of covering, as above directed. In this situation, they 

 will have all the advantage of the morning and mid-day sun, lie dry, 

 and will consequently advance in vegetation, much more rapidly> 

 than if sown in the ordinary way. 



Raising Peas in Hot-beds, &c. 



Where a few peas are particularly required, in the most early 

 season, they may be obtained by sowing some of the early dwarf 

 kinds in a hot-bed, to remain, or rather to be transplanted from that 

 into another ; either of which methods, should be performed early 

 in this month, if neglected in last. These may be sown in a 

 large hot-bed, in rows from the back to the front of the bed, to re- 

 main : or it would be rather more eligible, to sow them thick on a 

 small hot-bed, to be transplanted into a larger, when about an inch 

 or two high ; and if you 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 round 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 Linn&us, and not the Pha- 

 seolus '-vulgaris, or Kidney-beans. 



