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of cauliflowers preserved in this way, should be well washed 

 previously to using, as they become black when buried any 

 length of time; not that such blackness proceeds from any 

 decomposition of the heads, but arises from the more subtile 

 particles of the mould adhering to their surface. 



PLANTING BEANS. 



About the middle or end of this month, plant some beans to 

 come forward as an early crop in the ensuing summer ; they 

 will be fit for use about the end of May, or the beginning of 

 J unc. 



The mazagan bean is the best sort for planting at this sea- 

 son, on account of its coming in earlier than any of the other 

 sorts, and although they be of low growth, yet they are plen- 

 tiful bearers ; they also possess the property of standing the 

 winter better than almost any of the other sorts. 



The best situation in which to plant them at this season is 

 under some southern fence, in rows across the borders, which 

 rows should be two feet or two feet and a half apart, planting 

 them about three or four inches distant from each other in the 

 rows. 



It is the common practice with many gardeners, when they 

 plant their beans for an early crop, to set them, in the first in- 

 stance, pretty thick on a bed of good earth, and as soon as 

 they have attained a moderate height to transplant them into 

 the borders, according to the following manner. Let a bed 

 of good earth be dug up in a convenient warm corner, then 

 draw about two inches of the earth from the surface, and scat- 

 ter in the beans pretty thick ; afler which, cover them with the 

 earth which was drawn off the bed ; or draw some drills across 

 the bed with a hoe held flatways, throwing in the beans rather 

 abundantly, and then immediately afterwards draw the earth 

 regularly over them. 



Afler the beans have come up, and have attained an inch and 

 a half or two inches in height, they may be transplanted, when 

 the weather is mild, in rows, according to the directions already 

 given. Particular care must be taken that the earth be well 

 closed about every plant, and then they will soon gi'ow very 



