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into bloom, hang it up in little bunches to dry, first, 

 for a day, in the sun ; then in the shade ; and, when 

 quite dry, put it in paper bags, tied up, and the bags 

 hung up in a dry place. 



233. MARIGOLD.— An ANNUAL plant. Sow the 

 seed, spring or fall ; when the bloom is at full, 

 gather the flowers ; pull the leaves of the flower out 

 of their sockets ; lay them on paper to dry, in the 

 shade. When dry put them into paper bags. They 

 are excellent in broths and soups and stews. Two 

 square yards planted with Marigolds will be suffi- 

 cient. It is the single Marigold that ought to be 

 cultivated for culinary purposes. The double one 

 is an ornamental flower, and a very mean one 

 indeed. 



234. MELON.— There are, all the world knows, 

 two distinct tribes : the Musk, and the Water, Of 

 the former the sorts are endless, and, indeed, of the 

 latter also. Some of both tribes are globular and 

 others oblong ; and, in both tribes there are differ- 

 ent colours, as well with regard to flesh as to rind. — 

 In this fine country, where they all come to perfec- 

 tion in the natural ground, no distinction is made 

 as to earliness, or lateness in sorts ; and, in other 

 respects, some like one sort best and some another. 

 Amongst the Musk melons, the Citron is, according 

 to my taste, the finest by far ; and the finest Water 

 melons that I have ever tasted were raised from 

 seed that came out of melons grown in Georgia. — 

 As to the manner of propagating, cultivating, and 

 sowang the seed of melons, see Cucumber, and only 

 observe, that all that is there said applies to melons 

 as well as to cucumbers. To have melons a month 

 earlier than the natural ground sowings will pro- 

 duce them is an object of much greater importance 

 than to have cucumbers so much earlier; and, to 



