MARJORAM MELON. 1< 



Marjoram. Three sorts of this are cultivated. 

 That called pot is perennial, and is propagated by 

 cuttings or slips. Of sweet marjoram, the seed, 

 which is imported, not ripening in this country, 

 must be sown every year, as the plant is biennial, 

 and not ready for use in the first year of its 

 growth. The flowers are gathered in July, and 

 dried in the shade. Winter sweet marjoram is 

 perennial. It is propagated by parting the roots 

 in autumn, and requires a dry bed and good shelter. 

 All three belong to the trashy tribe of culinary 

 articles used not for food but pernicious sauce. 



Melon. Great chieftain of the fruit race, though 

 usually ranked with the productions of the kitchen 

 garden. The varieties, it seems, amount to nearly 

 a score, of which three fourths are cultivated and 

 variously recommended. To the less knowing they 

 are nearly all one, having all the flavour and form 

 peculiar to the melon. No sooner is the crust broken 

 than the red gold appears, and the sweetest per- 

 fumes are exhaled. The odour is itself a feast to 

 the nerves of the delicate who may feast no further; 

 and to the strong a premonition that they are in 

 danger. The seductions of this little world of 

 pleasure are generally feared ; nevertheless, as in 

 the greater instance " bit by bit the world is 

 swallowed." 



Whether the melon ought to be admitted into 

 the manse garden is a question which the following 

 may help to solve. The author once had thoughts 

 of cultivating this fruit, and of giving its process of 



