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never be d^ipended on for a principal standing crop, as the 

 plants are apt to run to seed ; but if this vegetable be required 

 at an early period in constant succession, it vrould be advisable 

 to sow some seed at intervals during the month ; and when the 

 plants of each sowing have attained about three or four inches 

 in height, then to select some of the strongest, and prick them 

 out at the distance of about a foot. 



The white, and a small portion of the green curled, are the 

 most proper sorts to be sown at this time. However, a little 

 Batavian, or broad-leaved, may also be sown for variety. 



HERBS, 



Propagate by sowing, cuttings, or dividing the roots, all 

 sorts of herbs. For fall directions, see ApriL 



FRENCH OR KIDNEY-BEANS. 



A full crop of kidney-beans may now be planted, as a suc- 

 cession to those sown in April, and the most proper kinds for 

 this plantation, are the black speckled dwarfs, Battersea and 

 Canterbury white dwarfs ; the dun-colored and the large white 

 kind may also be sown. 



The drills should be drawn an inch deep, and two feet and a 

 half distant, in which the beans are to be placed two or three 

 inches apart ; the ground must be drawn evenly over them, and 

 the surface raked smooth. 



The scarlet-runner, or any other of the running kinds of 

 beans, may also be planted at this time, and as the majority 

 of them are very productive, they are exceedingly profitable 

 for the service of a family. There is a variety of the scarlet- 

 runner that differs from it only in color, the seed and flowers 

 being both white, but which in its manner of growth and mode 

 of bearing has a perfect resemblance to the scarlet-runner ; nor 

 is it less deserving of our esteem in regard to the extent of its 

 produce, and the length of time that it continues to yield its 

 fruit. 



It may be advisable, also, at thi-s time, to plant the large 

 white Dutch runners, they being an excellent bean, and the 



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