ON THE CULTIVATION OF 



THE 



CUCUMBER. 



CHAPTER I. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE CUCUMBER UNDER HAND- 

 GLASSES. 



The first consideration is to procure seed 

 suited to open air growth, as there are several 

 sorts that will not come to perfection, in ordi- 

 nary seasons, under hand-glasses. There are 

 other kinds very productive when propagated in 

 this way ; two of which I shall notice on account 

 of having used them myself. These are the 

 Old Southgate and the Gherkin ; the former of 

 which should be sown on the 15th of April, in a 

 hot-bed ; and the latter may be successfully 

 raised under a hand-glass, in a bed prepared in 



