56 GARDENING FOR ALL. 
EXPLANATION. 
Diagram of a truit garden, 84ft. by 56ft., which may be 
extended to any size. 
It is first formed into beds and alleys. The standard or 
half-standard apples and plums are first planted, then the 
gooseberries and finally the asparagus, or the latter may be 
sown. The asparagus and gooseberries are to pay for rent, 
labour and profit until the plums come into full bearing, 
when the asparagus may be destroyed. As the apple trees 
extend some of the plum trees may be removed. 
Until the asparagus is fit for cutting, crops of radishes, 
lettuce, dwarf beans and dwarf cabbage may be taken from 
between the rows, and strawberries from the sides of the beds. 
Currants and raspberries may, if desirable, be substituted 
for gooseberries, wholly or in part, and a few dwarf pears in 
place of plums. 
BEAN, French or Dwarf.-—(Phaseolus vulgaris). 
A native of the East Indies, and introduced into this. 
country in 1597. It will not bear frost, but thrives in a high 
and moist temperature. 
Crops of its succulent pods may be obtained the year 
round where a good temperature can be maintained under 
glass by means of hot water pipes. 
For an early spring supply, sow in pots ten inches in 
diameter in January or February. Half fill the pots with 
soil containing some lime or old mortar; place five or six 
seeds in each pot, and cover with two inches of soil. Water 
thoroughly, and maintain a mean temperature of 65°. Keep 
the beans near the glass, and syringe them every day to keep 
them clean and healthy and free from their great enemy, 
red spider. Make successional sowings as often as is 
required to supply the demand. Ne plus ultra is one of the 
best varieties for forcing. 
Sow at the foot of a south wall or upon any other warm 
border, at the end of April, for the earliest out-door crop. 
Sow the seed two inches deep and four inches apart in the 
drill, and protect carefully from frost. 
