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vent the bad eflects of the wind, if the situation be 

 much exposed to it, tlie runners should be fixed 

 down with hooked pegs as they advance. 



Ofiuatering Cucumbers. 

 Let the plants be regularly and plentifully water- 

 ed in dry weather, else they will do little good. Few 

 plants require more water than the cucumber, espe- 

 cially when loaded with fruit; and if it be with- 

 held, these will fall greatly off, both in size and 

 shape. 



Of destroying Insects on Cucumhey^s. 

 The green-fly is often troublesome to cucumbers, 

 and generally attacks the points of the young shoots. 

 A fumigation of tobacco is the best and most effec- 

 tual remedy I know for plants troubled with this 

 insect; and I have given full directions for its de- 

 struction on currants and gooseberries, in the Fruit 

 Garden for April; which, with a small variation, 

 will answer here. If repeated fumigation, in a still 

 morning or evening, does not extii'pate them., cover 

 closely with a large sheet or oil-cloth, and fumigate 

 for fifteen or twenty minutes after it is quite full 

 of smoke. But if taken in time, the above mention- 

 ed method w-ill generally prove effectuaL 



Of soxvhig and planting Endive. 

 Endive, for a full crop, may be sown about the 

 middle of the month. Any, or all of the kinds may 

 be sown, according to fancy; but the green and 

 white curled are the best, and of these the former is 

 tlie most hardy. 



