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Sow the seed in double lines, cover it two inches 

 deep and remove every alternate plant when the 

 seedlings are above the ground. Sow once a fortnight 

 to maintain a constant supply, the last one not later 

 than the end of July on a south border. Pods 

 for exhibition should be clean, straight, of a good 

 pale green colour, and crisp. No variety surpasses 

 Canadian Wonder when a good strain is obtained. 

 Another variety that can be recommended is Ne Plus 

 Ultra. French Beans are invaluable when shown at 

 their best at spring and summer exhibitions, and their 

 quality and appearance are much improved when 

 grown under glass in cool houses or pits. 



CLIMBING OR RUNNER BEANS. 



This vegetable is indispensable for shows during 

 August and September as it forms a distinct and tell- 

 ing dish in all collections. Enormous improvements 

 have been made in this Bean during recent years, and 

 every effort should be made to procure the best strains 

 and cultivate them well, when pods from ten inches 

 to a foot in length will be produced. 



As the Bean roots deeply a trench should be taken 

 out two feet in width and the same in depth and 

 filled to within six inches of the top with good half- 

 rotten farm-yard manure. Leave the soil in this state 

 until sowing time, or planting of the earliest, raised 

 under glass, a plan strongly recommended. 



The first sowing outside should be made the first 



