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may easily and expeditiously raise them therein, by either sowing 

 the seeds or planting the plants, if in a state of forwardness, in 

 large pots, and depositing these in convenient places in those 

 houses. 



N. B. A large quantity of the fallen leaves of trees laid around all 

 your hot-beds, as high as the upper parts of the frames, especially 

 those which contain tender plants, will afford them a very necessary 

 protection, by preventing the frost from penetrating through the 

 sides and ends of the frames, and at the same time they will pro- 

 duce a lasting and comforting heat in the beds. 



Planting Beans. 



By beans I mean the Vicia Faba of Linnaeus, and not the Pha- 

 seolus vulgaris, or kidney-beans. 



A full crop of these should be planted as early in this or the next 

 month as it is possible to get them into the ground; for it is from 

 the early sown crops of these, that any tolerable produce may be 

 expected in the United States, especially in the middle and south- 

 ern parts. 



For this purpose, as soon as the weather will permit, dig an open 

 quarter of good ground, observing that a strong heavy soil is the 

 most suitable, but see that it is not too wet when you work it; in 

 which plant a full crop of the early Mazagan, early Lisbon, long- 

 podded, white-blossom, large Windsor, toker, Sandwich, and other 

 kinds: by planting these different varieties at one time, they will 

 come into bearing in regular succession, according to their differ- 

 ent degrees of earliness. You need not be under any apprehension 

 of their being injured by the weather, as they are of a hardy nature, 

 and will not suffer by any frost which may overtake them, except 

 in very extraordinary cases. 



Plant the small early kinds in drills three feet asunder, and the 

 beans two or three inches distant in the rows, or they may be plant- 

 ed two rows in each drill, four inches distant each way, and covered 

 two inches deep. 



The large kinds, such as the Windsor, toker, Sandwich and broad 

 Spanish, should be planted at the distance of four feet, row from 

 row, and somewhat thinner than the small kinds. These may also 

 be planted occasionally by dibble, but drilling is the more expedi- 

 tious and better way. 



You may continue planting these kinds once a week till the end 

 of March, but those planted after that season will not be so pro- 

 ductive. 



These kinds may be forced in like manner as peas if desired; for 

 their further treatment, sec following months. 



Sotoing Parsley Seed, 



Sow some of the common and curled parsley seeds in drills, 

 on some warm border, to produce an early supply; the seed will 

 remain a long time in the ground before it comes up, but there is 

 no danger of its perishing. 



