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Gherkin, C. Anguria. 

 Watermelon, CitruUus vulgaris. 

 Luff a, Luffa JEgyptiaca and L. acutangula. 

 Zit-Kwa, or Wax Gourd, Benincasa cerifera 

 Pumpkin, CucurUta. 

 Squash, Cuciirhita, 



Group 10. Corn. Okra. Martynia. 



Sweet Corn, Zea Mays, 

 Okra, Hibiscus esculentus. 

 Martynia, Martynia prohoscidia. 



Group 11. CONDIMENTAL AND SWEET HERBS. 



Group 12. Mushroom. (Culturally and otherwise the mush- 

 room is so unlike other garden vegetables that it demands 

 special and separate treatment. Therefore, it is not dis- 

 cussed in this hook. It is not a vegetable -gardening 

 subject, although usually so classed.) 



Class II. Perennial Vegetables. 



Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. 

 Rhubarb, Bheum Bliaponticum. 

 Docks, Bum ex. 

 Sorrel, Bumex. 



Artichoke, Globe, Cynara Scolymus. 

 Artichoke, Jerusalem, Heliantlius tuherosus. 

 Sea Kale, Crarribe maritima. 



2. BOOKS 



The person who expects to secure the best results 

 in crops and in the pleasure of growing them should 

 be a reader. Books, periodicals, and bulletins are 

 suggestive of new ideas, and a new idea is worth the 

 having for the mere novelty of it. Every book has 

 some value. Even if its advice is all wrong, it chal- 

 lenges experiment and controversy, and thereby has 



