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they will blanch beautifully, and are extremely crisp and delicious. 

 The white and brown Dutch, Mogul, New-Zealand, and large cab- 

 bage kinds, are excellent sorts, and will succeed well if sown in the 

 early part of this month. 



An open situation must be chosen, in which to sow the seeds ; the 

 ground should be light and rich, and each sort sown separately and 

 very thin ; for if drawn up close in the seed bed, they will never 

 head well. 



The beds wherein these are sown, should be frequently refreshed 

 with water, in dry weather, to promote the vegetation of the seeds, 

 and encourage the growth of the young plants. 



Tying up, early Lettuces. 



The various kinds of Cos or Roman lettuce, which are now be- 

 ginning to gather and whiten in the heart, should be tied up with 

 strings of bass, which will forward their whitening, and render them 

 crisp and tender for eating ; but this must be done, only by degrees, 

 or as they are wanted, for it greatly promotes their shooting to 

 seed. 



Sowing 1 small Sallading. 



Sow a variety of small sallading every week or ten days, for these, 

 at this season, shoot on to seed very rapidly ; such as cresses OF 

 pepper-grass, lettuce, rape, radish, mustard, Sec. Sow the seeds 

 in shallow drills on shady borders, cover them lightly, and give 

 them occasional waterings. 



Kidney -Beans* 



A principal crop of kidney-beans should be planted, in the first 

 week of this month, and successional crops, about the middle, and 

 also towards the end thereof. 



Any of the dwarf kinds may now be planted ; such as the black, 

 brown, or red speckled ; yellow, cream-coloured, negro, canter- 

 bury, white, Dutch, and Eattersea dwarfs. The cream-coloured* 

 brown speckled, yellow, and white, are the earliest sorts, and should 

 be particularly chosen for the first crop. 



Select for these, a piece of light rich ground, for in such they will 

 always be most productive. Let drills be made for them, with a 

 hoe, about two feet and a half asunder, and an inch and a half deep ; 

 drop the beans therein, at the distance of two or three inches from 

 one another, draw the earth evenly over them, and rake the surface 

 lightly to give the bed a neat appearance. 



These, upon a more extensive scale, may be cultivated to great 

 advantage, and to the saving of much labour, by the plough ; in 

 which culture, the rows will require to be three or four feet asun- 

 der, for the convenience of ploughing and harrowing between them, 

 for the destruction of weeds, and also for the landing of them with 

 that instrument. 



