8 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



BEANS. 



40 cts. per quart. 



(Pole or Running.) 

 Haricot a rames, Fu. Stangen bohnen, Gek. 



Large Lima, or Butter. Cranberry. 



Carolina Sewee, or Small Lima. Horticultural, or Wren's Egg, 



Scarlet Runner. (a fine snap-short.) 



White Dutch Runner. German Wax. 



Plant about the beginning of May. The Lima Beans are very suscep- 

 tible of cold and wet, and apt to rot in the ground, and should not be 

 planted until the season is farorable and the ground warm. Fix poles 

 in the ground four feet apart each way, and plant four to six beans about 

 an inch deep around each pole. A shovel-full of rich, light, and well- 

 rotted compost to each hill would be benejBicial. They may be forwarded 

 much earlier by sprouting them in a frame, under glass, and planting 

 them out when the weather becomes mild, as they bear transplanting 

 without any difficulty. The Horticultural and German Wax Bean are 

 superior varieties, either as snap shorts or shelled. 



BEET. 



10 cts. per oz. 



Betterave, Fr. Remolacha'i, Span. Rothe, oder Runkel rueben, Ger. 



Extra-Early Turnip-rooted. Swiss Chard. 



Long Blood Red. Silesian, or Sugar. 



Early Red Turnip-Rooted. Long Red Mangel Wurtzel. 



Long Sbiooth Blood, (radish- Yellow Globe Mangel Wurtzel. 

 shaped.) 



The first four named are esteemed the best for table use. Sow in 

 drills from April to June ; thin out the plants to stand six or eight inches 

 apart in the drills. The leaves of the Swiss chard are used as Spinach 

 and the mib-rib of leaf dressed as Asparagus. The last three named 

 varieties are used principally for feeding stock, and where extensively 

 grown the rows should be wide enough apart to cultivate with a horse hoe. 



BORECOLE. 



20 cts. per oz. 



Chou vert, Fr. Berza, Span. Kohl. Ger. 



Dwarf German K\le, 10 cts. per oz. Scotch Kale. 



Tall German Kale. Red, or Purple Kale. 



An excellent green for winter and spring use. Sow from May to 

 June. Set out the plants in July, in good rich ground. For early 

 spring use sow the Dwarf German, in September, and protect over 

 winter, with a covering of straw or litter. 



