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up the crowns again with rich manure about two inches high ; 

 then turn over upon it the spare ground that has been left be- 

 tween the trenches. Thus you will have in the middle of the 

 rows a water-course, which will serve to irrigate the plants 

 below. The watering must now be continued daily if necessary, 

 which will cause the plants to send shoots up through the loose 

 soil above them, and, if well managed, the grass will be white 

 and fine. Before putting down your plants in trenches, plenty of 

 good manure should be well dug into them, so as to form a rich 

 soil for the roots to strike in. After the grass has been cut, and 

 the shoots are getting thin, cease working the beds and let them 

 go to seed, when they may be again worked. You will seldom 

 get more than two crops in the year from the same beds, there- 

 fore you should have them in succession. I do not know of any 

 animal, except rats, destructive to the roots : flooding with 

 water is the only remedy. 



BASIL. SWEET BORAGE. Grows as a shrub, and is only used 

 for seasonings with other sweet herbs. 



Grows in all parts of India from seed, or slips, in any light 

 soil. Is used chiefly for flavouring sherbet, &c. 



BEANS, BROAD AND WINDSOR. Should be sown in the cold 

 weather, in drills, the same as peas, each bean at six inches 

 apart ; the rows sufficiently separated to admit a person to pass 

 between them for picking, weeding, &c. 



The best time in the Deccan for sowing is in November, and 

 if the ground is light and well manured, there is no chance of 

 failure. I would also recommend the seed to be changed every 

 season. Rats and porcupines are very destructive to them. 



BEANS, FRENCH WHITE, BLACK AND YELLOW. These beans 

 are runners and dwarfs; they should be sown in rows about 

 two feet apart, and you may commence sowing them at the 

 close of the hot winds. The dwarf white are preferable at the 

 early part of the season, as they bear sooner than the other sort, 

 which require sticks at least six feet high, and strong, so that 

 they may stand the rain and wind ; you can continue to plant 

 them until March with success. All that is necessary is not to 



