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(after smoothing the surface and forming the drills) 

 begin by planting the Toker, broad Spanish, and 

 Windsor, and subsequently the Mazagan, early Lis- 

 bon, long pod, white blossom, and green Genoa, the 

 former four inches apart in the rows, and the latter 

 half that distance. The effect of this management 

 will be to secure a succession of fruit, according to 

 the different degrees of precocity in the plants ; and 

 to make the varieties which bear cold the best the 

 first, and those which are least injured by heat the 

 last in the series. 



The kidney-bean, being more sensible of cold 

 and wet weather than the preceding species, must 

 be planted later. Its varieties are divided into two 

 races; the climbing and the dwarf (scandens et 

 thumilis), the former requiring poles to support 

 them, the other requiring no support. Of the first 

 of these races, the most approved are, the Prague, 

 the Prudhome, the altogether-yellow, and the red ; 

 and of the second, the Dutch, the Laon, the yellow, 

 and the Swiss.* After the preparatory labour in- 

 dicated above, the climbers should be planted in 

 groups (four or five together), with a pole, well fixed 

 in the earth, for them to mount upon ; while the 

 dwarfs should be placed in rows, at the distance of 

 two or three inches from each other, and carefully 

 covered. Squares of these (the dwarfs) may be 

 planted from April till August, according to the 

 taste and convenience of the cultivator. 



The last species we shall mention and the latest 

 to be sown, is the Lima bean, which ought not to 

 be hazarded before the frosts are completely over, 

 and then committed only to a rich, warm, and well- 

 laboured soil. It is usually and best cultivated 

 (like all other climbers) in what gardeners call hills, 

 composed of rich mould, and separated six feet from 



* A new variety of climbers, called the Horticultural bean, 

 has lately come into notice, much admired for its rich flavour 

 and prolific properties. J, B. 



