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the growtti of too much straw, and, consequently, a less num- 

 ber of pods. Peas, as well as many other crops, are much 

 improved by being transplanted from the bed in which the 

 seed has been sown to another piece of ground, where tliey 

 are to come to maturity. For this purpose, they are often 

 raised in pots or boxes in forcing-houses, and gradually hard- 

 ened to stand in the open borders, first by removing them 

 from the forcing-house to a frame protected with mats, and 

 then, according to the state of the weather, removed to the 

 bottom of a wall, or pales, or other sheltered situation, pro- 

 tected by branches of spruce, or other trees ; and finally 

 transplanted, where they are to remain. The operation of 

 transplanting is by no means tedious, and will repay the trouble 

 by the fi'uit coming much earlier, and being much more pro- 

 lific; or they may be sown in boxes or pots in October or 

 November, and removed to sheltered places, as circumstances 

 may direct, and finally planted out in rows in February or 

 March, ( For transplanting Peas, see March.) 



For the gardens of cottagers and artizans, we would recom- 

 mend the charlton and nimble taylor for their first crop, and 

 the blue Prussian and dwarf marrowfat for their principal 

 crops. In wet cold soils, peas at this season should be sown 

 upon the surface of the ground, a small ridge of mould being 

 drawn over them, which will prevent them from rotting ; and 

 the rays of heat will, consequently, penetrate better to them 

 upon an elevated surface than upon a level one. 



The crops sown in October and November, and such as are 

 above the ground, should be protected in severe weather with 

 the pea-glass case, which is a triangular frame of any con- 



venient ler.gth, the sides being at right angles, and each ten of 

 twelve inches broad. The front is glazed with small pieces of 

 glass to transmit light, and the back is composed of a board of 

 the above breadth ; the third side or bottom is open. Upon 



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