568 Short Communications. 



the other. The plants, both of cucumber and melon, ran 

 very fast, and were very strong, and both produced a very 

 fine crop ; but I did not pay any particular attention to the 

 number of fruit. As I possessed one seed of cucumber, 

 which I had received as a very fine kind, and which I was, in 

 consequence, anxious to propagate, I introduced it into the 

 side of the heap upon which were the other cucumber plants, 

 to which I applied my knife freely when the plant from the 

 one seed began to run. At the same time I planted in the 

 heap under the other light, one seed of the King William 

 melon ; and when the plants from these two seeds began to 

 meet, I used the knife to the plant of the melon until I had left 

 but one vine, upon which I had one melon of 9 lbs. weight. 

 Of the produce of the cucumber seed I annex you a list : — 



Number. Length. Circumference. 



1. 



24 in. 



11 in. 



2. 



21 



lOi 



3. 



19 



lOi 



4. 



18 



10 



5. 



18 



lOi 



6. 



18 



10 



7. 



18i 



lOJ 



8. 



194 



H 



9. 



18 



9 



10. 



18 



9 



Number. Length. Circumference. 



11. 



17 m. 



12. 



17 



13. 



16 



14. 



13 



15. 



14 



16. 



13 



17. 



14 



18. 



13 



19. 



10 



20. 



8 



9 in. 



8 



H 



H 



8 



8 



H 



7 

 7 



The frame was only once lined with fresh dung, and that 

 previously to these two seeds being put in. I found that the 

 bog earth required more water by about one third. I pro- 

 pose continuing the use of the bog earth this season, and, if 

 agreeable to you, will communicate the result. I ought to 

 mention that the fruit was of a good quality. 



I am. Sir, yours, &c. 



James Figgans. 

 Craigie House, Ayr, May 17. 1833. 



We shall be happy to learn the result from our corre- 

 spondent, and to hear from him on other subjects. — Cond, 



Art. XVI. Siliort Communications. 



Gardens for the Use of Pensioners, Sfc. — In a very inter- 

 esting article on the philosophical history of hypochondriasis 

 and hysteria, in the 23d number of the Foreign Quarterly 

 Review for July, 1833, is the following passage (p. 117.) ^ — 



" It is some disappointment to a humane person to find, 

 that, of all men who are discontented with their lot, none 



