126 THE KITCHEN-GARDEN. [Feb. 
put on immediately; when the heat is come up, level the bed and 
cover the dung seven or eight inches deep with rich light earth; 
then draw drills from the back to the front a foot asunder, and an 
inch deep; drop the beans therein two or three inches apart, and 
smooth over the surface of the bed. 
Or you may sow the beans thick in a small hot-bed, or in pots 
therein, to raise the plants about an inch in growth, then transplant 
them into a large hot-bed as above, to yield their produce. 
The best sorts for this purpose, are the early cream-coloured 
dwarfs, early speckled, white and yellow dwarfs; because these 
kinds are of an early nature, and do not run so strong or rampant as 
the other sorts. 
When the plants begin to appear, raise the lights a little behind, 
every mild day, to admit fresh air to strengthen their growth; give 
also occasional gentle watei'ings, continue the same care in their 
advancing state and support a proper heat in the bed: they will thus 
afford an early produce in April, 8cc. 
But where there is a hot-house, you may raise early kidney or 
French beans, generally with much less trouble and more certain 
success, than in hot-beds, as above. 
Small Sallading'. 
Continue to raise in hot-beds a regular supply of small sallading, 
such as cresses, mustard, rape, radishes, lettuce, Sec. as directed in- 
January, pages 19 and 20, which must be sown every eight or ten 
days, in order to afford a proper succession; for at this season such 
are more acceptable, and to many persons more palatable, than at 
any other period of the year. 
Towards the later end of the month, in the middle states, and 
in all parts to the southward, you may begin to sow lettuce, and the 
other different kinds of small sallading on warm well sheltered 
south borders, especially if the great winter frosts have passed 
away. 
For this purpose dig the ground neatly, giving it an advantageous 
slope towards the sun, rake the surface fine, and draw shallow 
drills from north to south about three or four inches distant, sow 
the seeds therein, each sort separate, very thick, and earth them 
over not more than a quarter of an inch deep. If the season proves 
favourable, you may expect tolerable success; but the more certain 
way would be to cover these beds with frames and glasses, which 
would not only forward them to perfection at an earlier period, but 
also protect them from the various accidents incident to such early 
crops in unfavourable seasons. 
When these plants both under cover and in the open ground, 
begin to come up, they sometimes, by rising very thick, raise the 
earth in a kind of cake upon their tops, which consequently retards 
their growth; they may be assisted by whisking the surface lightly 
with your hand. Sec. to separate the earth; after which, the plants 
will rise regularly. 
