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The ground should be well manured and prepared before either the roots or seeds 

 are planted. For this climate the sowing of seed is preferable. Roots are generally im- 

 ported from the North, and we find that the roots raised here, one year old, are as strong 

 as those received from the North, three years old. Plant the seed in early spring. Soak 

 over night in water; plant in rows, or rather hills, one foot apart and two feet between, 

 or three if to be cultivated with a plow; put from four to five seeds in each hill; when 

 well up thin out to two plants. The following winter, when the stalks are cut off cover 

 with a heavy coat of well-rotted manure and a sprinkling of salt; fishbrine will answer 

 the same purpose. In the spring fork in mature between the rows, and keep clean of 

 weeds. The same treatment should be repeated every year. The bed should not be cut 

 before being three years established. Care must be taken not to cut the stalks too soon 

 in the fall of the year — not until we have had a frost. If cut before, it will cause the 

 roots to throw up young shoots, which will weaken them. 



BUSH BEANS. 

 CULTURE. 

 Place in row> eighteen inches apart; drop a bean every two or three inches. Plant 

 from end of February, and for succession, every two or three weeks to May. Bush Beans 

 planted in this latitude during June auct July, will not produce much. August and feep- 

 tember are good months in which to plant again; they will produce abundantly until 

 killed by the frost. Do not cover the seeds more than two inches. 



POLE BEANS. 

 Lima Beans should not be planted before the ground has become warm in spring. 

 Strong Poles ought to be set in the ground from four to six feet apart and the grouud 

 drawn around them before the seed is planted. It is always best to plant after a rain and 

 with the eye of the bean down. The other varieties can be planted flat; and not more 

 than three or four feet apart, and hilled after tney are up. Do not cover the seeds more 

 than two inches; one inch is enough for the Southern Prolific and Crease Back. 



Improrcd Valentine. 



Henderson's Dwarf lima. 



