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Plate II. 



Fig. 1. A local variety of the vegetable marrow, dark streaked. 



,, 2. A local variety of the vegetable marrow, yellow in colour. 



,, 3. A variety of the decorative gourd. 



,, 4. Japanese gourds. 



,, 5. The white gourd of India. 



Plate III. 



A small light-green Chinese sweet melon. 



A variety of the Chinese sweet melon with dark streaked skin. 



The long light-green variety of the vegetable melon. 



The mealy sweet melon of Chinese origin. 



A dark-green long vegetable melon. 



A light-green almost white vegetable melon. 



The oval and round vegetable melon. 



Plate IV. 



Fig. 1-2. The pear-shaped gourd. 

 ,, 3. The double-bellied or the bottle-shaped gourd. 

 ,, 4. The long club-shaped gourd. 

 ,, 5. The vegetable Hu-lu. 

 ,, 6. The Iron Hu-lu, twisted by the Chinese. 



Plate V. 



Fig. 1. Plan showing the planting of the vegetable marrow. 

 ,, 2. The beds with the vegetable marrow from the lateral section. 

 ,, 3. Plan showing the planting of the vegetable marrow and the 



large gourd (o) with the maize (x). 

 ,, 4. The lateral section of the Fig. W 3. 

 ,, 5. The method of planting the white gourd of India and the 



Club-shaped and the pear-shaped gourds on poles and 



stalks. 

 ,, 6. The method of planting the club-shaped gourds with the stem 



digged into the ground. 

 ,, 7. The method of planting the white gourd of India and the 



club-shaped gourds on poles (See Fig. W 5). 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 1-2. The method of planting the large gourd with the stem digged 



into the ground. 

 ,, 3. Plan showing the method of planting the sweet melons. In 



the figure are seen the beds and the plants growing 



in rows. 

 ,, 4. Plan showing the method of planting the cucumbers and the 



sweet melons (o) with soya beans (x). 

 ,, 5-7. The method of planting cucumbers on poles. Fig. 5 shows 



the poles from the side ; Fig. 6 shows the poles from the 



front side ; Fig. 7 plan showing the method of planting 



cucumbers. 



