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fbriking Root as they lie upon the 

 Ground. They love a light fandy 

 Soil. 



CRUPINABELGARUMj -vide 

 Serratula. 



CUCU3ALUS i Berry - bearing 

 Chick-weed. 



The Characters are,- 



The Flower conjifis of five Le^tves 

 rohich are bifid, and difpos'd in a 

 circular Order : The Point al becomes 

 ft foft oval-JImfd Berry, -which is 

 included in the Flower-Cup, as in a 

 Bladder, and containing many Kid- 

 ney-Jhap'd Seeds. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant, which fs, 



CucuBALus; Flinii. Lugd. Berry- 

 bearing Chick-weed. 



This Plant is of no great Ufe or 

 Beauty, and is feldoin preferv'd in 

 Gardens, except for Variety-fake : 

 It grows wild in many Parts of 

 Germany, and hath alfo been found 

 ■ in the North Part of England, It 

 is ealily propagated by fowing the 

 Seeds, or planting the Roots, which 

 will in a (hort Time overfpread a 

 large Spot of Ground, if fuflfer'd 

 to remain i and it delights in a 

 moift fhady Place. 



-CUCUMIS; the Cucumber. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath a Flower confifting of one 

 (ingle Leaf which is Bell-fljMp'd, and 

 expanded towards the Top, and cut 

 into many Segments, of which fome 

 are Male or Barren, having no 

 Embryo, but only a large Style in 

 the Middle, which is charged with 

 the Farina: others are Female or 

 Fruitful, being fa ft en' d to an Embryo, 

 Tvhich is afterwards changed into a 

 flefhy Fruit for the mofi part 

 oblong, arul turbinated, which is 

 divided into three or four Cells in- 

 clojing many oblong Seeds* 



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The Species are i 



I. CucuMis j fativus, vulgaris^ 

 maturo fru6iu, fuhluteo. C. B. The 

 common Cucumber. 



2.. CucuMis J fativus, vulgaris, 

 fru^u albo, C. B, The white 

 Cucumber. 



5. CucuMis i ohlongus. Dod, 

 The long Turkey Cucumber. 



The ftrft of thefe Kinds is the 

 moft common in the Englifh Gar- 

 dens, of which there are two or 

 three Varieties, differing in the 

 Length or Roughnels of the outer 

 Skin of the Fruit: but thefe being 

 only accidental Sportings of Na- 

 ture, 1 Ihall pafs 'em over without 

 making any Diftindiion of them. 



The fecond Sort, which is by 

 far the better Fruit, (as being lefs 

 Watery, and containing fewer 

 Seeds) is the moft common Kind 

 cultivated in Holland \ for I do not 

 remember to have feen one of our 

 green Sort in any of the Markets 

 in that Country. 



The third Sort is propagated in 

 fbme curious Gardens, for the un- 

 common Length of its Fruit, and 

 alio its having lefs Water, and 

 fewer Seeds : but it is not fo fruit- 

 ful as the common Kind, nor will 

 it come fb early. 



The common Sort is cultivated 

 in three different Seafons: Thefirfl 

 of which is on Hot-Beds under Gar- 

 den Frames, for early Fruit: The 

 fecond is under Bell or Hand-Glafles, 

 for the Middle Crop : And the third 

 is in the common Ground, for a 

 late Crop, or to pickle. 



I Ihall begin with giving Di- 

 re£f ions for raifing Cucumbers early, 

 which is what moft Gentlemens 

 Gardeners have an Emulation to ex- 

 ceed each other in ; and fome have 

 been at the Pains and Expence to 

 have ripe Fruit in every Month of 

 the Year: Which is rather a Curio- 



fity. 



