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moderate and frequent waterings, according to the 

 heat of the house and state of the weather, will 

 occasion the plants to blossom freely, and rapidly 

 bring them into a bearing state. If any start their 

 shoots too luxuriantly or of unequal lengths, they 

 should be stopped at the second or third joints, 

 which will cause the beans to set the better, and 

 produce a more regular crop. 



Where there is a number of forcing houses, and 

 a continued succession of this pulse is required, seed 

 should be sown every three weeks, in pots or pans, 

 as before hinted. 



There is an insect (the Thrips) which too fre- 

 quently attacks the kidney bean in stoves, and other 

 early worked houses, during the winter : it chiefly 

 arises from the dry and warm state of the air. The 

 only remedy the author practised to stop their 

 progress and prevent further depredations, was to 

 sprinkle frequently the flues, when warm, with water. 

 But the best and most certain destroyer of these 

 insects is fumigation ; for as the heat of the sun 

 advances, the insects, if not prevented, will increase 

 also. 



Kidney beans have been successfully raised on 

 dung hot-beds ; but on such they are a precarious 

 crop, and it is useless to attempt it in the midst of 

 winter ; but in flued pots, the same as recommended 

 for growing early cucumbers, there have been good 

 crops produced early in the spring. In using such 

 a pot for this purpose, the outside linings and the 

 covering on the tiles should be the same as advised 

 for the cucumber, except that six or eight inches of 

 good mould must be laid over the latter, which 



