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six inches ; set out from one to two feet apart. The plants are bushy, 

 especially if transplanted two or three times, and are two or three feet 

 high. Early started plants should flower in July, and the season lasts 

 till fall. The flowers will be better if the buds are cut until the 

 plants are vigorously growing ; the best stalks are got by allowing 

 only a few stalks to grow and 

 pinching out all the rest. Bal- 

 sam does best on a rich, light 

 soil, with plenty of moisture. 



Basil is an annual herb, ten- 

 der, its leaves used for season- 

 ing, tasting of cloves. Sow 

 seed under glass, or outdoors 

 when frosts are past. Dis- 

 tances, one foot by six inches. 



Beans : Among our most 

 valuable vegetables, yielding 

 dishes of a good many kinds. 

 For the table, they fall into the 

 classes of snap and shell beans ; 

 but nowadays, the pods of 

 many of the best shell beans 

 snap clean, and may be used 

 for eating ; while on the other 

 hand all of the snap beans may, when large, be used as shell beans. 

 Beans are also divided into kidneys and limas, the latter of which 

 are broad, flat, and white. Limas are of slower growth. The only 

 perennial bean is the Scarlet Runner, whose flowers are brightly 

 colored. All beans are tender, and should be grown as annuals. 



For the garden, beans classify as dwarf and tall. The dwarf 

 are earlier and a little hardier ; the tall beans are usually called pole 

 beans, since they must be given something to grow on. If the 

 gardener wishes to take much pains, beans may be raised under 

 glass and set out, but this is seldom done. 



Sow Dwarfs (or Bush beans) in rows a foot or more apart. Sow 



Fig. 176. — Stbing Beans. 

 Pick them while young. 



