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middle or end of Oftober ; they may be planted in any 

 fituatiott where ground is vacant; dig the ground, nrd 

 dircS.ly white it is frefh turned up, plant the beaa^ in. 

 rows, the difcance, advifed in the former mmths. 



Put in planting thefe beans,' it will now be proper to 

 obferve the followii'-g precaution. 



That is, if the weather be at this time very hot, and the 

 ground alio very dry, it will, in that cafe, be advifab'C, 

 before the beans are planted, to lay them to foak in river 

 or pond-water. Let them be laid in the water in a 

 morning, and continue there about fix or feven hours, 

 andfhen be i:nmedi:itely planted. 



It will alfo be proper, where the ground is very dry, to 

 water the drills before you put in tlie beans. 



But it mule be obferved, that this foaking of the beans is 

 only to be practifed at times as above faid, when t^ie 

 ground is very dry, and the weather alf") hot and dry ; 

 otherwife, it is better only to let the drii'': be very well 

 watered, and then the beans may be immediately plant- 

 ed, and covered with the earth. 



Caullfio^vers . 



The cauliflower plants whicji were fown in May, for 

 the autumn crop, muil now be planted out where tLey 

 are to remain. 



Let them be planted in a moid time : plant them in 

 rows, tvvo icet afunder ; and allow :he famediHance be- 

 tween plant and plant in the row ^ lee them be djre'lly 

 watered, . and afterwards' at times, till they have taken 

 good root. 



This plantation will begin to produce their heads in 

 the beginning or middle qx Odober, and will continue, 

 fomei mes, coming in gradually, tiii the middle or Q.r\^ 

 of November, or till near Chriflmas, if an open mild 

 feafon. 



Small Sallci'Jing. 



Sow, where required, he dirterent forts of fmall fallad 

 herb . i luch as creiTes, mullard, and radJih, ^:. 



Where thefe fmaii iierbs are daiiy wanted, there ihould, 

 in order to nave a corfta;?: fuppiy oi fn.:h as are young, 

 be fome feed fown, a' leait onv,e every Xva or feven days. 



Tnis :c:ed muft ll-H be fown ni a fhidv bordea- : fovv 

 them A\ Jriils : in dry Aeather, they fhould be daiiy wa- 

 tered, otiierwife the plants will not come up regalarly. 



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