400 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [JUMK. 



dropped therein ; this should not be omitted in dry weather, as it 

 will greatly promote the sprouting of the seeds, and the crops will 

 rise sooner and be more regular. 



Land up the rows of kidney-beans planted last month ; which 

 will greatly strengthen and bring forward the plants ; and place 

 sticks or poles to the running kinds, which are now beginning to 

 advance in growth. 



Carolina and Lima Jleans, 



Hoe and clean the ground between your crops of Carolina and 

 Lima beans ; see that all are properly supported with sticks or 

 poles, and draw up some earth round the stems of the plants. A 

 few of the early Carolina kind, may be planted about the first of 

 this month, for a late crop ; for the method of planting, &c. see 

 page 368. 



Radishes. 



Although radishes do not generally succeed well at this season, 

 yet, a few of the salmon coloured may be sown at different times in 

 the month : should the season prove moist, they may do tolerably 

 well. Some of the short-top and white turnep-rooted kinds, may 

 also now be sown ; and toward the middle or end of the month, you 

 may sow a good crop of the white and black winter or Spanish 

 radish, to draw early in autumn. 



Carrots, Parsnefi* y and Onions. 



The crops of carrots, parsneps and onions, must now be kept 

 clean and free from weeds ; and if you observe that your onions in- 

 cline more to tops than roots, you may with a long stick gently lay 

 over their tops on one side, so as to bend them, and in a few days 

 after, lay them back to the opposite side, which will check the 

 ascent of the juices and cause the bulbs to swell. 



Beets. 



The crops of beet, should be kept very clean and the plants thin- 

 ned to proper distances, that they may have room to swell and grow 

 large. 



The seeds of these plants are generally sown in drills, or rows, 

 a foot or more asunder ; and where that method was practised, you 

 can now more readily clear out the weeds and thin the plants ; ob- 

 serving to thin them to ten inches distance in the rows ; also, where 

 the seed was sown broad-cast, so as the plants stand promiscuous- 

 ly, they must likewise be cut out to ten or twelve inches distance, 

 plant Irom plant, and the roots will grow to a large size accordingly. 



You may now sow succession crops of red, green, and white 

 beet ; and also of the^ Mangel wurtzel, or root of scarcity, they will 

 all succeed well from this sowing, but the three last kinds are gene- 

 rally cultivated for their leaves, see page 187. 



