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SOW them in drills of the same depth, and about four or five 

 inches apart in the rows. The smaller sorts may be only two 

 feet apart, and two or three inches in the rows. 



The mazagan is the hardiest and best flavoured of the smaU 

 and early sorts, and is best calculated for the earliest crops. 

 It is said that seeds imported from Mazagan, a Portuguese 

 settlement on the coast of Africa, where this species is indi- 

 genous, afford plants that are more early and more fruitful, 

 than those, which spring from seeds which have been saved at 

 home. The Lisbon is next, in point of earliness and fruitful- 

 ness ; some, indeed, consider it as merely the mazagan ripened 

 in Portugal. The dwarf-fan or cluster-bean is like-wise an 

 early variety ; it rises only six or eight inches high ; the 

 branches spread out like a fan, and the pods are produced in 

 small clusters. The Sandwich-bean has been long noted for 

 its fruitfulness. The toker and the broad Spanish are, like- 

 wise, great bearers. Of all the large kinds, the Windsor is 

 preferred for the table. Of this species, there are several sub- 

 varieties, such as the broad Windsor, Taylor's Windsor, and 

 the Kentish Windsor. The long-podded bean is a great bearer, 

 and is very much cultivated ; there are several varieties of it, 

 such as the early, the large, and the sword long pod. If the 

 weather at this time be open, any of the above sorts may be 

 planted. In cold situations, beans may be now planted on 

 warm south borders ; but in early situations, they may be 

 planted in the open quarters of the garden. For the gardens 

 of cottagers and artizans, we would recommend the mazagan 

 and dwarf cluster, as occupying little room, or they may be 

 planted between the cabbage-plants, which are now in the 

 • ^ourse of planting, or which have been planted the preceding 

 autumn. Three beans may be sown betw^een every two cab- 

 bages in the same line. If sown on an early border, sow in 

 longitudinal rows, and not across it, for reasons given in the 

 preceding article. Crops sown this month will, in most cases, 

 be as forw^ard in fruit, as those sown in November. If the 

 ground be in good heart, it need not be dunged for this crop. 

 Beans thrive best as a full crop in strong land, but of course, 

 will be earlier in light soil. Be careful to entrap mice, which 

 at this season are apt to commit depredations upon this crop. 



