416 Guano on Beans — New Mode of Glazing 



was that I found them far exceeding any other string beans 

 in flavor and dehcacy, and the produce so bountiful, that we 

 have feasted on them very frequently ever since, and shall 

 have enough seed for another year. I hand herewith a few 

 of them in the ripe state. They are rather of a very dwarf 

 climbing habit, than a complete bush bean, but I did not use 

 any sticks to them. When cooked as a bush bean, they must 

 be gathered quite young, for the pod is thin and delicate, and 

 very soon gets hard and stringy. 



Glazing Greetihouses. — My landlord having been kind 

 enough to put up for me a small greenhouse adjoining and 

 communicating with my basement room, I was resolved to 

 have my own way in glazing it, and as it has perfectly suc- 

 ceeded, I send you an account of it. 



The glass, which I did not choose, was 4 by 5, it would 

 have been better 5 by 7 ; it was laid between the bars on a 

 level bed of putty, the edge of each piece abutting against 

 the next, so that there were no laps. To prevent drips, I had 

 the edge of each piece dipped into the best copal varnish, that 

 when they were joined togther the crack was sufficiently 

 closed. The late heavy rains have completely tested this 

 method, and as far as drips are concerned the glass is per- 

 fectly tight ; what effect the frost may have is yet to be prov- 

 ed. We have also had some very warm weather, and if the 

 expansion of the glass would cause any injury it would then 

 have shewn itself It may be easily imagined that the ap- 

 pearance of this glazing is much neater than that with laps, 

 which are generally the receptacles for dirt and insects, be- 

 sides letting in a considerable quantity of cold in the depth 

 of winter and lessening the light ; it is of course more eco- 

 nomical as the width of the laps is saved, and where much 

 glass is used this would constitute a considerable saving, 

 nearly 20 per cent. 



Inside, I have nothing but a fiat shelf, 4 feet wide, 3 feet 

 high ; this is piled up with cranberry moss about 4 to 5 

 inches in height, covered with a little exotic moss well known 

 in greenhouses, and which is now spreading over the surface 

 with its beautiful green. 



I have no doubt I shall have a complete green bank all the 

 winter; in this the pots containing various plants are imbedded 



