. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. R. tlie rooclver. F. the filterer. D. to dip or pump from. Cemented brick-work would be more durable, there is no doubt; but two large butts would answer the purpose—the R. one sunk to six or eight inches lower in the ground than the D. one, with a communication- pipe at the bottom, with grating over the hole to prevent it from being choked. W. W. THE BEAN AND ITS VARIETIES. The bean is one of the earliest vegetables known to have been a common food of man; and when we chance to partake of the true Mazagan we shall be correct if we call to remembra
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. R. tlie rooclver. F. the filterer. D. to dip or pump from. Cemented brick-work would be more durable, there is no doubt; but two large butts would answer the purpose—the R. one sunk to six or eight inches lower in the ground than the D. one, with a communication- pipe at the bottom, with grating over the hole to prevent it from being choked. W. W. THE BEAN AND ITS VARIETIES. The bean is one of the earliest vegetables known to have been a common food of man; and when we chance to partake of the true Mazagan we shall be correct if we call to remembrance that we are probably eating of the very kind of bean that Shobi brought to David in the wilderness, and with which God com- manded Ezekiel to make coarse his bread. (2 Sam. xvii. 28 ; Ezek. iv. 9.) This conclusion is probable, because the Mazagan kind of bean is the only one prevailing in Palestine and the regions surrounding It. It is curious, also, that the Hebrew name for the bean, puk, is in common use with ourselves, though we include under our word, puke, all kinds of peas and lentils, as well as beans. Beans are mentioned by the oldest Roman writers upon the cultivation of the soil; and when the Romans conquered England and settled here, there is no doubt that they introduced them, as they are also known to have done the vine and other tenants of our gardens. It is quite certain that they became a common food of the Anglo-Saxons when they expelled from our shores the Romans and settled here in their places. Certain lands are mentioned in an old Saxon charter as bestowed upon a monastery to supply it with beans, salt, and honey; and in another Saxon manuscript equally ancient there is the following conversation with a child: "What do you eat to-day?—As yet I feed on flesh-meat, because I am a child living under the rod. What more do you eat ?—Herbs, eggs, fish, cheese, butter, and beans, and all clean things I eat with many ;—Turner's Anglo-Sa
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