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protecting flie roots from excessive of a frame, (or hand-glass, which will
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drought, and the direct rays of the answer the same purpose,) should have
sun. As the crop approaches matu- the hills prepared and poles inserted,
rity, nothing more is required than choosing a mild, dry lime, about the
n occasional hoeing, observing always' close of May, for planting the beans.
to keep the ground free from weeds, If wet weather should immediately suc-
"In selecting a spot to plant beans, ceed, and the seed rot, replant as soon
choose where the soil is light and tole- as the ground dries. Good crops have
rably dry. If it be poor, apply a good been produced in the vicinity of Phila-
dressing of well rotted manure, either delphia, when planted even so late as
spread over the entire surface, or placed first of June,
thedrills whendrawnout." RuralReg. " After they become well established,
BEANS, Pole.—" The Scarlet Run- and have clasped the poles, no further
jiERs, and White Dutch Beans, are care is requisite, other than keeping
verv delicately flavored, and are used the weeds under, and the hills occa-
stirred.
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either in the pod, or shelled when fur- sionaliy
ther advanced ; but in Pennsylvania,
and perhaps farther south, they bear so a
The Carolina or Sewee bean, is of
smaller size than the Lima ; much
sparingly mostseasons, as to bescarcely hardier, rather earlier, and more pro-
worth cultivating.
" The Lima is too well known to need
description. Two varieties are cultivated
; the one broad and thin, the other
much thicker. We have sometimes
thought the latter the more tender and
delicate when boiled. The Lima Bean
js very tender, not bearing the slightest
frost, and is very subject to rot when
planted early, or during a spell of rainy
or damp, cool weather. To guard
against this, the best plan is to sprout
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them in a frame, (as recommended for
the Long Pod or Windsor,) so situated
that the damp and frost can be excluded.
An old hot-bed answers the purpose
efi'ectually. They need not be
planted therein before the middle of
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ductive, but generally considered less
rich. In other respects they closely
resemble each other—time of planting
may be a little in advance of the Lima
—cultivation precisely the same."
Rural Register.
BEAN-CAPER. Tygophyllum.
BEARS-BANE. Aconitum ihereophonum.
BEAR-BIND. Calystegia.
BEARS-BREECH. Acanthus.
BEARS-GRAPE. Arctostaphylos vva
ursi.
BEAUFORTIA. Five species.
Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut-
tings. Sandy loam and peat.
E AU MON TI A . Two species,
evergreen twiners. Cuttings and
spring, nor transplanted till towards its seed. Loam and peat.
close; a little earlier or later as the, BECIUM 6ico/or. Green-house shrub.
•weather may make expedient; if planted Cuttings. Sandy loam.*
early, they will at best remain station-' BED is a comprehensive word, apary,
and may, perhaps, perish. They plicable to the site on which any cultishould
be planted in hills in well culti- vated plants are grown. It is most
vated ground, dressed either in the piece correctly confined to narrow division?
or hills, with thoroughly rotted manure, purposely restricted in breadth for .the
from the barn-yard. The hills should convenience of hand weeding or other
be raised three or four inches above the requisite culture.
average level, and be three feet apart
each way, with a pole six or eight feet
BEDDING-IN. See Sowing.
BEDDING-OUT, is removing plants
high, well secured in the ground, to from the pots in which they have been
raised, into the beds which they are in-
each hill. Three plants in a hill are ;
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sufficient. As the vines shoot up, they tended to adorn during summer and
should be tied to the poles, till they autumn. Mr. Threlkeld gives this judiget
hold, when they will support them cious advice upon the practice. If the
selves. In tying them, observe to do it season be dry, in the bottom of the hole
in the direction in which they incline to made for the plant put some rotten
clasp the pole, which is contrary to the dung, or other material that will retain
course of the sun, and opposed to the water; water this well, plant, fill the
habit of most climbers. hole to within two inches of the surface,
add more water, and then fill up
"Those who have not the convenience ,