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will be fit to remove. The place for them is 

 under a wall, a pailing, or a hedge, facing the 

 South. Prepare the ground well and make it 

 rich. Take a spade and carry away a part of 

 the beans at a time, and plant them at six inches 

 asunder with as much earth about the roots as 

 you can. Plant them a little deeper than they 

 stood in the bed. They are very juicy, and may 

 have a J'ttle water given tht-^.i as soon as planted. 

 Shade them the first day, if the weather be warm 

 and the sun out; and cover them every night till 

 all frosts be over. This is easily done, if against 

 any sort of fence, by putting boards, one edge 

 upon the ground and the other leaning against 

 the fence ; but, if you have no fence, and have 

 to plant in the open ground, it will be best to 

 plant in clumps, and flower-pots put over the 

 clumps will do for a covering. In Long Island a 

 clod or two, or a brick or two, laid by the sid~ of 

 the clumps, will hold up a large horse foot Jish 

 sfcll, \vhich is an excellent covering. On the 

 first of June, 1817, I saw a farmer at South 

 Hi-mpstead, covering his beans, with h^rr-dock 

 leaves, while there were hundreds of ho/ . e -foot 

 shells in his yard. The dock leaf would w th r 

 i>: the day. A fresh supply must be had r r the 

 next night. This circumstance shows, however, 

 how desirous people are to get this vegetable 

 early ; and, by the method that I have pointed 

 out, it may b fj had fifteen days, at least, earlier 

 than it generally is. As to the main crofi, it is 

 by no means advisable to sow very early. It* you 

 do, the seed lies long- in the ground, which is 

 always injuriou to this plant. The plants come 

 up feebly. The cold weather, that occasionally 



