56 CHITES, OR CIVtfS* 



of good sound seed is sufficient for two hundred hills artcf 

 upwards. 



Cucumbers are liable to be attacked by a yellow fly, 

 which sometimes devours young plants ; these and other 

 insects may be killed by sowing tobacco dust, soot, pow- 

 dered charcoal, and the like, round about the vines when 

 they first come up. After this is done, the plants may be 

 thinned to two or three in a hill, and the ground carefully 

 hoed, drawing a little earth round them at the same time. 

 The vines should be kept free from weeds, and if the 

 weather proves dry, a gentle watering now and then, 

 given in the evening, will be of considerable service. 



Picklers may be raised by planting the seed at any time 

 in July. When the vines begin to bear, they should be 

 looked over, and the fruit gathered as fast as it becomes fit, 

 as the plant will cease to bear much, if the fruit be permitted 

 to get yellow* 



CHIVES, OR CIVES. 



CIVETTE. Allium schcenoprasum. 



THIS is a small species of Onion, growing in large tufts ; 

 they are propagated by offsets from the roots, and may be 

 planted either in Spring or Autumn, in rows ten or twelve 

 inches apart, and the bulbs three or four inches apart in the 

 rows ; they will soon take root, and increase very fast into 

 large bunches of bulbs. They make handsome edging to 

 beds or borders. 



EGG-PLANT. 



MELONGENE ou AUBERGINE. Solanum melongena. 



VARIETIES. 



Purple, for cocking. | White, for ornament. 



Seed of the Purple Egg-plant may be sown in a hot- 

 bed about the first of March, and the sashes kept down 

 close until the plants come up, after which a little air may 



