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frames. The seeds of this kind are sown in August, 

 and nursed in small pots until fit for planting out, 

 when the plants are placed in boxes about two feet 

 long, and which are made so as to stand on the top 

 of the back flue of the Pine stove, where they are 

 placed. There is also a trellising for training them, 

 formed over the back path of the Pine house, 

 where the plants are exposed to the greatest degree 

 of heat and light in the house. This method appears 

 to be the most simple and effectual for procuring a 

 crop of Cucumbers in the Winter season, that I have 

 ever seen. It is a plan that has been long pursued 

 by Mr. Aiton, in the Royal Gardens, although not, 

 perhaps, with the same degree of success ; the stove 

 in these gardens being not so well adapted for the 

 culture of this plant as those at Sion, which have 

 also the advantage of a steam boiler, whereby the 

 house can be at pleasure filled with vapour, which is 

 known to be most conducive to the health and vigour 

 of the Cucumber plants. 



CUCUMBERS CULTIVATED. 



Lancashire Prize- Fighter. Superlative. 



White Turkey. Early Short Prickly. 



Green Turkey. Sion Free-Bearer. 



