MELON.-MELO.-CUCUMIS. 



In Botany, a Genus of the Monoecia Syngenesia 

 Class. Natural Order, Cucurbit acecs. 



THE melon most esteemed, in every part of 

 Europe, is the Cantaleupe, which takes it's 

 name from a town so called, about fifteen 

 miles from Rome, where it has been culti- 

 vated since the Mithridatic war, being one 

 of the fruits brought from Armenia by Lu- 

 cullus. It grows, says Miller, in that part 

 of Armenia, which borders on Persia, in such 

 plenty, that a horse-load is sold for a Trench 

 crown. The flesh of this melon, when in 

 perfection, is delicious, and does not offend 

 the most tender stomach, but may be eaten 

 with safety. The outer coat of this melon 

 is full of knobs and protuberances like 

 warts : it is of a middle size, rather round 

 than long: that with an orange-coloured 

 flesh is the best. 



