THE SCOTS GARD'NER 



in a fat and well cultured soil, light and warme, en- 

 riched with sheeps manure ; plant in straight lines, 

 about three foot distance, having prun'd their root, 

 and cut their tops within half a foot ; water (if need- 

 ful) with qualified water, and still cut away their 

 under and hanging leaves, and haw the weeds as 

 they begin to peep. When their fruit is spent, cut 

 them within half a foot of the ground, and delve 

 and cover the plot over with manure and leitter, 

 keeping their tops free : in Aprile delve down the 

 same, and extirpate them of suckers, slipping them 

 off carefully, leaving two or three at most to each 

 stock for bearing, and they will flourish nine or ten 

 years. 



Great beans must be planted early in the spring, 

 as soon as the great frosts are over, in a deep rich 

 ground, at two foot inter vail, and half a foot in their 

 rowes ; these for seed when full ripe, cut and bind 

 in little sheaves, and lay on trees to dry. 



Kidnes in Aprile in a light and warme soil ; sup- 

 port them with sticks. 



Peas that you would have early, sow in the full 

 moon of November, if in a warme place ; but do not 

 trust too much unto them. Sow in February, and 

 hence monthly till June, in an open, light, warme, 



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