3864 FORCING GARDEN. 
perience of the Horticultural Society of London, has been 
found “ far superior to any other yet constructed.” Trans., 
vol. vi., p. 373.—Sometimes the whole 1s formed of wood, 
or sometimes only the part above ground. 
The extent of the melonry must depend upon the size 
of the garden, and the amount of the demand. Where 
there is a large family, and especially where pine-apples are 
cultivated (to the forwarding of which some portion of the 
melonry may frequently be auxiliary), sixty or seventy 
sashes may be considered as a moderate complement. 
The Meton (Cucumis Melo) has long been cultivated in 
Britain, but the period of its introduction and its native 
country are not well ascertained. The plant is a tender 
annual, requiring considerable care and skill to rear it in 
perfection; but it repays the labors of the horticulturist 
by affording a large, and to most persons a highly palata- 
ble, fruit. The varieties are numerous, and, from their ten- 
dency to sport or vary, are rather fugitive in their dura- 
tion. Many of the old favorites have disappeared, and 
those at present in vogue will doubtless take the samo 
course, or will at least assume new forms, while they retain 
their old names. In these circumstances, it is deemed un- 
necessary to enter into minute description, or to do more than 
give a list of the sorts at present best deserving of cultiva- 
tion. It may be premised that they all belong to the spe- 
cies usually called the Musk Melon. The Water Melon. 
