particulars* of a ffiatsz 



OF 



CULTIVATING THE CUCUMBER 



IN 



MILLS'S IMPROVED PIT, 



HEATED WITH BURBIDGE AND HEALY'S BOILER AND TANKS. 

 WITH A DESCRIPTIVE PLATE. 



Many subscribers to the first edition of my work 

 on the Cultivation of Cucumbers and Melons, haying- 

 found it inconvenient to procure fermenting material, 

 and having expressed a wish to have the pit so con- 

 structed as to be heated by hot water ; I have, in 

 accordance with that wish, had one of my improved pits 

 arranged as to be so heated, and have the satisfaction 

 to find it answer every expectation I had formed of it, 

 having cut Cucumbers 24 inches long from plants that 

 had been only twenty days planted therein. The fruit 

 was exhibited at the July show, in Chiswick Gardens. 

 The improved pit, as will be seen by the accompanying- 

 plate, intended to be heated by fermenting material, can 

 be easily altered so as to be heated by hot water, at 

 a very small expense, should any of the subscribers feel 



