A TREATISE 



ON 



AN IMPROVED MODE OF CULTIVATING 



THE 



CUCUMBER AND MELON, 



SO AS TO PRODUCE 



EARLY MELONS AND CUCUMBERS ALL THE YEAR, 



„ ' * WITH LESS TROUBLE AND EXPENSE THAN BY THE METHODS 

 USUALLY PRACTISED. 



WITH 



DIRECTIONS FOR GROWING AND FORCING ASPARAGUS 

 AND SEA-KALE; 



AND FOR DESTROYING WOOD-LICE. 



BY GEORGE MILLS, 



GARDENER TO THE BARONESS DE ROTHSCHILD^ AT GUNNERS8URV PARK, 

 MIDDLESEX. 



SECOND EDITION. 



WITH A DESCRIPTIVE PLATE, AND SOME ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON FORCING 

 CUCUMBERS DURING THE SEASONS OF 1841 & 1842. 



LONDON: 



WILLIAM SMITH, 113, FLEET STREET. 



