JAN.] KITCHEN VEGETABLES. 25' 



KITCHEN VEGETABLES. 



Of sowing Beans. 



BEANS may be sown on an early border, or other 

 warm spot, about the middle or latter end of the 

 month. If on an early border, sow in longitudinal 

 rows, and not across it. The Early Mazagan, or 

 Lisbon, are the best kinds for sowing at this time. 

 Sow in drills three inches deep, drawn at eighteen, 

 inches apart ; dropping them in with the hand, three 

 inches asunder. If the ground be in tolerably good 

 heart, it need not be dunged for this crop. Beans 

 do best, as a full crop, in strong land ; but they will 

 be considerably earlier in lightish soil. In either 

 case, cover in with the hoe, but do not tread at this 

 season. Be careful to entrap mice, if the row r s be 

 attacked by them, which they are very apt to be at 

 this season, particularly if there be snow on the 

 ground. Their roads should therefore be traced 

 among the snow, and every means should be used 

 to destroy them. 



Of sowing Carrot. 



A little early Horn-carrot may be sown on a slight 

 hot-bed, or on a border close by the parapet in front 



