BEA 
BEE 
each stem, that a stiff branching habit may 
be induced. The temperature of the 
house should range from 50° to 65°, 
according to the progress of the plants 
and the state of the external atmosphere; 
as a rule, the heat of the house must be 
of that nature that the plants may be 
kept growing in a vigorous manner. By 
attending to this the cultivator will soon 
be able to determine the exact amount 
necessary, and from it the quantity of 
water supplied must also be regulated. 
There are a great number of names 
known in gardens as distinct varieties, 
the greater part of which on trial, how¬ 
ever, would be found mere synonymes. 
We, therefore, only mention a few posi¬ 
tively different, and that maybe depended 
on as superior in some respect or other. 
Battersea. A dwarf, rather spare, grow¬ 
ing variety, with white seed, rather 
small pods, but a good bearer. Syno¬ 
nymes, Eulmer’s White, Harding’s 
Early. 
Dun. A free-growing kind, with dun- 
coloured seed, a very great bearer, 
producing its pods in long succession; 
an excellent variety for the principal 
summer crop. Synonymes , Early 
Lasting. 
Liver. Bather tall, with liver-coloured 
seed, a good bearer, and very hardy. 
Matchless Dwarf. A particularly dwarf¬ 
growing kind, and an immense bearer, 
but produces its pods altogether; an 
excellent forcing variety. Synonymes, 
Little Wonder, Nimble Betty, Pro¬ 
lific. 
Negro Major. Of medium habit, with 
black seeds, a great bearer, producing 
large pods in long continued succes¬ 
sion, which remain tender much longer 
than in any other variety. 
Robin’s Egg. Rather weak in habit, 
with speckled white and red seeds, a 
good bearer, hardy, and arriving at a 
bearing state very quickly. Syno¬ 
nymes, Victoria, Early Speckled, Early 
Dwarf. 
The Scarlet Runner, (P. multiflorus ,) 
is a very useful variety, yielding a very 
heavy crop in long succession, from 
comparatively little space. The seed 
should be sown in April or May, and the 
plants may either be trained to tall 
sticks or, by pinching off the points of 
the growing shoots, be kept in a dwarf 
state. The tuberous roots being natu¬ 
rally perennial may be preserved in mild 
winters by covering them with litter, 
and will form strong plants in the suc¬ 
ceeding year. 
BEET. Beta vulgaris (Linn.) Nat. 
Ord. Clienopodece. r l he tuberous root of 
this plant is much esteemed in salads, 
and for other purposes in cooking. The 
seed should be sown in March in well- 
pidverised soil, which should not receive 
any manure the same season, but ought 
by all means to be well trenched. The 
seed should be deposited in drills one 
inch deep, and about a foot and a half 
distant from each other. When the 
plants are up they should be thinned to 
stand at least a foot from each, and with 
the ordinary attention to weeding, &c., 
through the summer, will be fit for taking 
up by the end of September. As the 
value of the roots will depend on the 
quantity of colouring matter they 
contain, care should be taken to avoid 
bruising or breaking the fibres; nor 
should the leaves be cut off too close, 
lest the sap flow out and spoil the colour 
of the roots. A cool dry cellar, or some 
such place, should receive them when 
taken from the ground, where they may 
be stowed away for the winter: it is 
essential that this place is not subject 
to fluctuations either of heat and cold, 
or drought and moisture, as in such a 
case the roots will soon attempt to grow 
and will thus be inevitably spoiled. The 
varieties usually grown are the Common 
Red or Blood Beet, the Small Red, and 
Whyte’s New Black, an excellent highly 
coloured kind. 
The White or Silver Beet (B. Cicla,) 
is sometimes cultivated for its leaves, 
the midrib of which is stewed and eaten 
with sauce in the manner of Sea Kale, 
to which it bears some resemblance. 
The management of this may be referred 
to the Common Beet. 
BORECOLE or KAIL. *Bt •assica 
aceyhala (3 Sabellica (D. C.) Nat. Ord. 
Cruciferce. As an addition to the store 
of winter greens this is a very desirable 
