CH.-2.] CUCUMBERS. 45 



cing, being fo generally under flood, and - 

 infufceptible of improvement ; it may be 

 unneceflary to wafte time in faying more 

 on that head, than that they fhould be - 

 planted in mould of the fame quality as a- 

 bove directed, fhould have plenty of water 

 given them in hot weather, and, as much 

 as poffible, fhould be defended from cold 

 and damp in Autumn. 



I fhall conclude this article, by obfer- 

 ving, that I have feldom known any infeft 

 to infeft the Cucumber, except the aphis, 

 which, in any ftate or fituation, is quickly 

 deftroyed by the fumigation of tobacco $ 

 a procefs that is familiar to almoft every 

 gardener. 



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