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FORCING KIDNEY BEANS. 



near the glass, or in such a part as is most con- 

 venient. The seed will soon germinate, when a 

 moderate watering should be given, but not 

 before, but they will require frequent waterings 

 after the plants have come up ; and by planting 

 some in succession about every three weeks in 

 smaller pots, (forty-eights or thirty-twos,) three 

 or four beans in each, and the plants placed close 

 together in any convenient part of the house, to 

 be coming forward while the more early crops 

 are arriving to maturity ; and when the plants 

 have come up one, two, or three inches high, 

 shift them into larger pots with their balls entire, 

 and give them an immediate watering. Likewise 

 some may be raised in the borders of the forcing 

 houses, in small drills an inch deep, either length 

 or crossways the borders, placing the beans 

 about two inches apart, earthing them over 

 regularly, and give waterings as directed for 

 those in pots. By this practice good crops may 

 be obtained throughout the spring, until full 

 crops succeed them in the open ground. 



