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quired, although a quart at one sowing would give an am- 

 ple quantity for any average family. The varieties most 

 in use at present are Early Valentine, Early China, Mo- 

 hawk, Fejee, Black Wax, and Refugee. 



BEAN POLE OR RUNNING, (Phaseolus vulgaris), AND LIMA, 

 (Phaseolus lunatus). 



Pole Beans are usually cultivated in hills three or four 

 feet apart. The poles, (which are best made of young 

 cedar trees), should be nine or ten feet high, and firmly 

 fixed at least eighteen inches deep in the ground, and the 

 hills formed around them by digging up the soil and 

 mixing it with a shovelful of well rotted manure, or an 

 ounce or so of guano or bone-dust, if the stable manure 

 is not attainable ; but in either case let the mixing be 

 thorough. The hills should be but two or three inches 

 above the general level, and at least eighteen inches in 

 diameter. The term "hill" is an unfortunate one, as it 

 often leads inexperienced persons to suppose that a tall 

 heap must be made, and it is a common mistake to form 

 miniature hills often a foot or more in hight, upon which 

 to sow seeds or set plants ; the effect of this is to confine 

 the roots to this small high and dry space. When the 

 word " hill" is used in this work, it is to indicate the 

 place plants are to occupy, and unless some hight is 

 mentioned, it is not above the general level. After the 

 hill has been properly formed around the pole, from five 

 to six beans should be planted around it at a depth of 

 two inches, but the planting should never be done in this 

 latitude before the 20th of May. In all our experience 

 as seedsmen, we know of no seed that is so universally 

 replanted as Lima Beans. I think it safe to say, that at 

 least half of all the people who buy, plant before the 

 ground is dry and warm, and then tell us that the seed 

 must have been bad, because it rotted in the ground. In 



