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In the planting of beans at this season, if tne \\eather be 

 very hot, and the ground parched, it will be found beneficial 

 to soak them in pond or river water for seven or eight hours ; 

 putting them into the water in the morning, and immediately 

 on taking them out, to plant them. Considerable advantage 

 will be derived from watering the drills before the beans be 

 planted. 



It must, however, be carefully observed, that the beans 

 should not be soaked, excepting under the above-mentioned 

 circumstances ; at any other time, it will be found sufficient to 

 water the drills well, and then to plant the beans immediately, 

 covering them over lightly with earth. 



WINTER-SPINACH. 



Winter-spinach may be now sown, and for this season the 

 prickly-seeded kind is the best, as being better able to endure 

 the cold rains and frosts than the round-seeded sort. This 

 crop, unless in a cold or exposed situation, need not be sown 

 until the first or second week in August, (see August) ; and 

 even in a warm exposure, it w^ere better to defer it until the 

 latter end of that month. 



For this seed a situation should be chosen that has the 

 advantage of the winter's sun, and after the ground has been 

 well dug, the seed should be sown thinly, in drills, and raked 

 in, or the seed may be sown broad-cast, and then afterwards 

 raked in regularly. 



It will be found beneficial to sow a little brown Dutch or 

 common cabbage-lettuce with the spinach-seed for winter use. 



The ground intended for spinach cannot be too highly ma- 

 nured, in fact, it is upon old dunghills that it will grow to its 

 largest size. 



As this spinach is intended to stand during the winter, it 

 would be advisable to sow two crops, one on ground highly 

 manured, and the other on a soil of lesser richness. The 

 former will be in high luxuriance for autumn and. early winter 

 use, and the latter, being less succulent, will more effectually 

 resist the influence of frost, and be in good condition until 

 the spring. 



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