Culture of an early Crop of Melons. 



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quently meet with it in most of our flower-gardens, either in 

 rows or patches, supported in the common way by brushwood 

 stai<es ; though this method is very unsightly to the eye of a 

 lover of neatness and order, makinir the flower-garden resemble 

 the kitchen department, from whicii it ought to be kept quite 

 distinct. 



The method which I have adopted for training the sweet pea 

 is this : — Having procured a quantity of straight hazel rods about 

 the length of 6 ft., I cut them down the centre, painting them 

 with light green paint, and place them in the manner shown in 

 ^g. 119.; fixing them firmly in the 

 ground, and tying them at the top 

 with small twine. When finished in 

 the above manner, they have a much 

 neater and more agreeable appear- 

 ance to the eye of a lover of floricul- 

 ture, than rough brushwood stakes, 

 which are so unsightly, and appear 

 so unsuitable among delicate flowers. 

 After the hazel rods are fixed in the 

 above manner, I plant the peas among 

 some rich stuff along the bottom, in a 

 row (having previously forwarded them 

 in a cold frame) ; and, by tying them 

 neatly to the trellis with matting as 

 they advance, they will have a neat 

 and light appearance when the trellis 

 is covered. 



I also think that fuchsias, helio- 

 tropes, salvias, salpiglossises, eccre- 

 mocarpuses, lophospermums, coboeas, 

 tropaeolums, maurandyas, rhodochi- 

 tons, &c., would look very well trained 

 in the above manner, the height of 

 the stakes being regulated according to the growth of the 

 different species. 



There are several plants trained in this manner here, and they 

 have a good effect. The good taste which Mrs. Mansfield 

 possesses for flowers, induces her to spare no expense in 

 beautifying and adorning the flower-garden. 



Melton Bryant^ July 17. 1837. 



Art. VII. On the Culture of an early Crop of Melons. 

 By James Cuthill. 



It is always my earnest wish to lay before my brother gar- 

 deners, any improvement that it may be my good luck to find out, 



