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113. Cuctirbita or Squajh. They require to be fown 

 upon a moderate hot-bed ; and in May you may tranf- 

 plant them into rich earth, near to a wall, againft 

 which you may tie up the branches of thefe SquaJJ?€Sy 

 where, with their fruits, they will make a very pleafing 

 appearance, 



114. Cucumis AftnhiuSy Squirting Cucufnicr, or tlie E- 

 laterium officiiiarutrii Boerb. Ind. This plant is preferved 

 in gardens for diverfion : For when the feed of the plant 

 is ripe, whenever they are touched, they rufh out with 

 impetuofity on the perfons who touch them; the feed 

 lliould be fown on a v.'arm border in March, at about 

 nine or ten feet diftance, where they will thrive ex- 

 ceedingly; and, if fuffered to flied their feed, will give 

 you next year, a plentiful crop of young plants. 



1 1 5. Cyanus ar-venfis diverfi-color is the Cy anus fege turn 

 Jiore vario, Corn-bottle with a variable flower. 



116. Do. Flore alhoi C. B. white flowered Corti-bottle. 



117. Do. Flore caruleo, blue flowered Corn-bottle, 



118. Do. Flore purpurea, purple-flowered Corn-bottle. 

 Thefe feeds fhould be fown in autumn, immediately 



after they are ripe, and in fpring, they may be tranf- 

 planted into borders, where they will flower and feed 

 well. 



119. Cyanus OrientaVts, jlore alho odorato is \\\Q. Cyanus 

 fioridus odoralus Turcicus, five Or lent alls major, Jlore albo, 

 the white flowered Sweet Sultan. 



I 20. Do. Lutco odorato is the Cyanus fioridus odoratus 

 Turcicus, feu Qrientalis major flore luteo, H. L. the Tel- 

 J01V Sweet Sultan. 



121. Do. Purpurea odorato is the Cyanus Jloridus odora- 

 tus Turcicus, f.(.re purpurea. Park. Purple Siveet Sultan. 



The yellow kind I aKvays fowed upon a hot-bed, to 

 make it vegetate, and afterwards planted them out in 

 May into the borders, where they made a gay appear- 

 ance, being preferable to the other two forts in fmell 

 and colour. The white and purple-flowered Sweet 

 Sultans I fowed ift open borders, where they flowered 

 well. All the forts require to be well watered in dry 

 weather. I obferved always to keep the earliefl: blowers 

 tor feed ; as foon as they attempted to feed from two or 



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