CUCUMBERS IN THE PINE-HOUSE. 45 



glossy appearance, the flavour is good, and it 

 eats crisp. But though I consider this the 

 best, any kind will answer, except those that 

 grow to a great length. When the cucumber 

 is naturally long, it requires much light, as well 

 as sun, to arrive at perfection. 



Sow the seeds for the plants intended to be 

 grown in the pinery on the 10th August, and 

 they will be ready to put into the fruit-bearing 

 boxes on the 10th September, which boxes 

 should be two feet three inches long by one foot 

 three inches wide, and one foot three inches 

 deep, made of inch-thick deal, well pitched over 

 the joints on the inside, and painted on the out- 

 side. They should have six holes in the bottom 

 of each, half-an-inch in diameter, to allow of 

 drainage : these holes should be covered with a 

 piece of pot, and about two inches of turfy-peat 

 or light loam. And as the space will be small 

 for the roots to work in, the compost should 

 be rich, consisting of one-half of well-rotted 

 dung, perfectly sweet, and the other half peat- 



