A TREATISE 



ON 



AN IMPROVED MODE OF CULTIVATING 



THE 



CUCUMBER AND MELON, 



SO AS TO PRODUCE 



EARLY MELONS AND CUCUMBERS ALL THE YEAR, 



WITH LESS TROUBLE AND EXPENSE THAN BY THE METHODS 

 USUALLY PKACT1SED. 



WITH 



DIRECTIONS FOR GROWING AND FORCING ASPARAGUS 

 AND SEA-KALE ; 



AND FOR DESTROYING WOOD-LICE. 



BY GEORGE MILLS, 



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GAIIDRNER TO THE J'ARONESS DE ROTHSCHILD AT GUNNKRSBURY PARK, 

 MIDDLESEX. 



SECOND EDITION. 



WITH A DESCRIPTIVE PLATE, AND SOME ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON FORCING 

 CUCUMBERS DURING THE SEASONS OF 1841 & 1842. 



LONDON: 

 WILLIAM SMITH, 113, FLEET STREET. 



