History of Garden Vegetables. 909 
 Bonneuil Large White. Vilm., 1885, 222. 
_ White Dutch.. A. Blanc, No. 6133. 
_ The other types of known cucumbers are those which have 
lately appeared under the name of Russian. I know nothing 
of their history. They are very distinct, and resemble a melon 
more than a cucumber,—at least in external appearance: 
1. The Early Russian, small, oval, and smooth. 
_ 2. The Russian Gherkin, obovate, and ribbed like a melon. 
3. The Russian Netted, oval, and densely covered with a fine 
‘het-work. 
: The appearance of these new types indicates that we have by 
20 means exhausted the capabilities of this species. The Zurkie 
‘aicimber of Gerarde is not now to be recognized under culture, 
orare the Cucumer minor pyriformis of Gerarde and of J. Bauhin, 
the Cicumis pyriformis of C. Bauhin’s “ Phytopinax,” 1596. 
‘Ifthe synonymy be closely examined it will be noted that 
“me of the figures represent cucumbers as highly improved as 
the present day. The Cucumis longus of J. Bauhin is figured 
‘Sifequalling our longest and best English forms ; the concombre 
Tournefort is also a highly improved form, as is also the cucu- 
“ented of Matthiolus in 1 558. 
© Cucumber is called, in France, concombre, cocombre (co- 
Somber by Ruellius, 15 36); in Germany, gurke, kukummer ; in 
ie landers and Holland, komkommer ; in Denmark, agurken; in 
“Y, cetriolo, cedriuolo ; in Spain, cohombro, pepino; in Portugal, 
i 7 t was called cowéumber by Ray in England in 1686. 
in Greece, aggouria; in Slavonic, rastava ; in Estha- 
' UTILS, ug gurits or urits;? in Polish, ogorek; in Bo- 
Can, agurka;s in Tartar, Žiar; in Calmuc, chaja; in Ar- 
ihe in Russian, ogursi;+ in Egypt, khyar,? fakus ;° 
panic, kusud; in Bengali, susha sasha, khyira, Rankur ;? in 
py, 1 1ala-kekeri, pipingya; in Hindustani, keera, khira or 
on >In Persian 
* 
Aen 5i ) . . 
7, RA akwa, karas uri, ki urié 
oy tivated cucumber was the sikus hemeros of Dioscorides, 
ae Theophrastus. : 
ne ia te Jexuosus L. is occasionally sold by our seeds- 
Biterin, G A Pot., 1883, 159. 2 De Candolle, Orig. Des Pl. Cult., 210. 
Birdy, 5 Hist. of Pl., 640. 4 McIntosh, Book of the Gard., ii. 668. 
88. Prod. of Bomb., 156, 301. © Thunberg, Japan, 324. 
, kyar ;3 in Sanscrit, sookasa; in Tamil, mooloo-_ 
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