Aug.] THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. 461 
Planting Kidney Beans. 
At any time before the middle of the month, you may plant a 
crop of the early cream-coloured, early yellow, or early speckled 
dwarf-kidney beans; they will yet succeed very well; but should 
the ground and weather be dry at the time, the drills ought to be 
watered, and the beans soaked in soft water, four or five hours be- 
fore planting. 
Sowing and transplanting Lettuces. 
Early in the month, sow a good supply of lettuces, for fall use; 
the kinds proper to sow now, are the grand admiral, brown Dutch, 
Imperial, large royal, white Cos, Mogul, and New-Zealand let- 
tuces; all these kinds succeed well at this season. Sow them as di- 
rected in the former months. A succession crop should, also, be 
sown about the middle of the month. 
In the last week of the month, sow some of the brown Dutch 
and hardy green cabbage lettuce, and, also some of the ground ad- 
miral, to transplant into frames and on warm borders, in October, 
for winter and spring use; for the method of protecting them from 
frost, see November. 
Transplant from the seed-beds, such of your advancing young 
crops of lettuces, as are grown to a sufficient size; let this be done 
as directed in the preceding months, and, if possible, in moist or 
cloudy weather; giving them a plentiful watering, when planted, 
and repeat it frequently, if necessary. Be particular always to sow and 
plant your lettuces in an open situation, and not to suffer them to 
be drawn up, or to remain too long in the seed-beds; otherwise they 
will never form good heads. 
Endive. 
Tie up your Endive, which is full grown, or cover them with 
boards, or tiles, to blanch; this must be performed when the leaves 
are very dry, otherwise the plants will rot. Select the large ;>nd 
full-hearted plants, and with bass, or other strings, or with small 
osier twigs, tie them a little above the middle, not too tight, previ- 
ously gathering up the leaves regularly in the hand. 
Transplant, agreeable to the directions given in page 430, such 
young endive as is now of a proper size, and water it immediately, 
which repeat, occasionally, till the plants begin to grow freely. These 
plants must, be set in an open situation, and by no means near jny 
kind of shade whatever. 
In the early part of the month, sow a full crop of endive, for 
late autumn and winter use; the green curled sort, is by much 
the most preferable for this sowing, as being more hardy, and 
keeping better, than any other kind. It would be proper to sow 
some more of the same sort, about the middle of the month; lor 
