184 KITCHEN GARDEN. 



over ten or twelve feet in height, it being necessary that 

 two feet shall be under ground. 



The Carolina Seiuee, or Sala Bean, though not so 

 large, has all the habits of the Lima, but is more hardy 

 and a more abundant producer, although inferior in 

 richness and buttery character. 



A variety of Pole Beans, called the Dutch Case-Knife, 

 is used either with or without the pod or hull, and is 

 also well adapted for winter use. It has a fine flavor, 

 produces well, and comes earlier for the table than either 

 the Lima or Carolina varieties. 



The kind called Scarlet Runners, from their red blos- 

 soms, require to be planted rather earlier than the Lima, 

 and need the same kind of support. 



What are known in England as the Windsor and Early 

 Long Pod Beans, are not so well adapted to the Ameri- 

 can climate as the varieties just referred to, They may 

 be planted in cool situations, in drills a foot and a half 

 asunder, and two inches apart in the row. 



Esculent Roots. 



The Potato [Solanum tuberosum). — This well-know'n 

 plant is a native of the elevated regions of equatorial 

 America. It w-as introduced into Europe about the 

 middle of the sixteenth century, but remained little 

 known or regarded till within the last hundred years : 

 it is now so generally cultivated as to have effected almost 

 an economical revolution in this country. Most of the 

 original British sorts have been derived from Ireland. 

 Its multitudinous, varieties almost set enumeration at 

 defiance, and new ones are appearing and disappearing 

 every year. By much the most correct list of the va- 

 rieties now in cultivation is to be found in Mr, Charles 



