ГА 
406 
Cucumber—coniinued. 
Houses and Frames. Where accommodation for Cucum- 
bers in the way of proper frames or houses is limited, those 
of almost any description may be utilised. in summer by 
the aid of dung heat; but for winter supply, houses are 
necessary, having plenty of piping for fire-heat, with or 
without the addition of dung. Fig. 559shows a section of 
an ordinary frame as prepared for a Cucumber plant. 
Pieces of slate, or other material, should be laid under 
the fruits to keep them from the soil. The ordinary span- 
: Ета. 561. SECTION ОР LFAN-TO House. 
а a, Space for Bottom Heat; b b b, Hot-water Pipes : i 
Top Heat; d, Path; e, Ventilator. ^ ' E 
foofed or half-spdiliigne saa i 
| an fra y be used in summer f 
Cucumbers, placing some heaps of manure, with soil ae 
the top, & yard or more apart, and i 
с part, putting one plant 
| = s lean-to pit, with south aspect, is suitable 
t аран. т only a few are grown, planting on the 
Stage above the hot-water pipes. A somewhat similar 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
|S let биир, д, "шар aes a 
Cucumber— continued. 
sents a section of a suitable house for growing a large 
quantity of Cucumbers in summer, when plenty of air 
is needed. More pipes for the top heat would be 
necessary for spring. A section of a lean-to house ig 
shown in Fig. 561, where the front part would suit Cu- 
cumbers, not allowing them to grow too far up to shade 
the back wall, which might be utilised for some other 
crop—Tomatoes, for instance. Fig. 562 shows a span-roof 
house, with heated beds, that, with the addition of suffi- .—: 
cient top heat, might be used at any season. A cham- 
Del 
Fig. 563. SECTIONAL END VIEW OP A CHAMBERED FRAME. 
AA, Brick Piers; В, Internal Space for Hot Manure or other 
Material; C, Support; D, Laths to support Bed; E Е, Sides 
of Frame; F, Sas ; Q, Bed. 
bered frame is shown in Fig. 563, which sufficiently — 
explains itself. Such a frame might be fitted with hot — 
water pipes in the space shown for heating material; and - 
the frame, with the bed removed, may be used for m 
other purposes. Either fixed or movable trellises, 
from 1ft. to 18in. from the glass, are necessary : 
Cucumber houses. The fruits are much cleaner : 
better shape when grown on а trellis; but in tb 
frames, this is impracticable. e : : 
CUCUMBER-TREE. An American name for Ma 
пона acuminata and М. Fraserii (which see). — — 
CUCUMIS (etymology of name obscure). b 
ORD. Cueurbitacem. A well-known genus of half-h 
trailing annuals or perennials. Flowers moncecious. ^ 
in fascicles, rarely solitary; calyx tube turbinate ‹ 
panulate ; limb five-lobed ; corolla sub-campanulate, 
five-lobed ; stamens three, free. Females solitary. 
three to six-celled. The seed of all the species req" 
be sown on a hotbed in spring, and the T 
be planted out, when large enough to handle. See 
Cucumber, Melon, &c. 
neh fom le 
bi Stems 
c. 
fr. white, 
the base, scabrous. 
C. Col 
C. Hookeri (Hooker’s). fl Деме: fr. bro’ 
with white bands, ovoid-cylindrical. 
obtuse, crenulately-denticulate. Tropical 
$, 
