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When dry, tie them in paper bags, and hang them up in a 

 dry room for use. Let a few plants ripen for seed. 



Pot Marjoram, or Winter Mar joram, is propagated by divid- 

 ing the roots early in Spring and planting it in beds. Cut it 

 when in full bloom : dry in the shade ; wrap it up. and pre- 

 serve it for Winter use. 



MELON. 



Cucumis Melo. — Melon, Pr. — Meime, Ger. 



The Melon, in some character, is to be found in all tropical 

 countries, but the finest varieties are supposed to have come 

 from Persia and Affghanistan. It has been cultivated in Eu- 

 rope nearly four hundred years, and in the south of that con- 

 tinent, in its season, it constitutes the principal part of the 

 food of the lower classes, proving that it is both wholesome and 

 nutricious. The flesh of a well-grown melon is delicious. It 

 is eaten with ginger, pepper, sugar, salt, or as fancy and taste 

 dictate. Its nature is cooling. There are many varieties in 

 culture, which, with artificial aid, can be brought to perfection, 

 but when left to unassisted nature and exposed to heavy rains 

 and scorching suns, the number is very limited indeed. They 

 are confined to the indifferent, or improved culture and purity 

 of three or four sorts. 



Musk Melon, so called from its peculiar scent, is nearly 

 round ; color, a yellowish green : rind smooth, and the fruit 

 very slightly ribbed. It used to be extensively cultivated 

 for its productive qualities, but now gives way to better va- 

 rieties. 



Early Cantaloupe takes its name from a village near Rome, 

 where it has been grown for many centuries, and from thence 

 distributed to this Western world. There are many varieties 

 of it readily distinguished from the former by having small 



