194 GARDEN PLANTS. PART TT. 



Cucumis momordica. 

 Phoontee. 



A very common fruit, cultivated by the natives all over India. 

 It is of the size and form of a large Cocoa-nut, perfectly smooth, 

 and of a pale yellow colour when ripe, and has the flavour of a 

 very indifferent Melon. 



It is cultivated in precisely the same way as the Melon. 



Cucurbita citrullus. 



WATER-MELON. 



Turbooza. 



The Water-Melon is met with in common cultivation in all 

 parts of India. The fruit is of oval form, of the size of the 

 largest Pumpkin, perfectly smooth, and when ripe of a dark 

 green colour. It is very insipid, having little more flavour 

 than that of merely sugared water, but some persons consider 

 it refreshing and agreeable in the hot weather, when it is in 

 season. 



The cultivation of it demands no particular care. The seeds 

 are sown in February in common garden soil, in a spot where they 

 have plenty of room to trail. The plants require abundance of 

 water. 



The natives often cultivate Water- Melons in great quantities 

 on the shoals of rivers, from which the water has subsided. A 

 plan it appears they have is in the middle of April to dig 

 a hole under each Melon and bury it, with sand, making the 

 hole large enough for the Melon to swell. 



PAPAYACE.E. 



Carica papaya. 



PAPAW. 



Pepiya. 



The Papaw-tree is a native of South America and the West 

 Indies, but has become thoroughly naturalised in this country. 

 The fruit, which is in the form of a Pear, and much larger than 



