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but if they are fuffered to lie along, lay 

 fome fhovels of mold at feveral joints, 

 in order to keep them on the ground, 

 from being blown about by the wind. 

 Any fort of fituation agrees with them 

 well enough in the open air, but thofe 

 that are well expos'd ripen the fooneft. 

 This, as well as the laft, require a good 

 deal of water, and the richeft foil you 

 can give them. 



SECT. 11. CHAP. XX. J 

 Of the gourd. 



H E cucurbit, or gourd, is the lafl 



\ of the cucumber clafs ; unto 

 which not only this, but all the other 

 before-mentioned are reduced. Nor is it 

 certain to wiiich of the three the cala- 

 bafh, that is now fo much in ufe, is 

 placed 5 all thefe laft are however re- 

 duced into one by our * botanifts, tho' 

 7 liny divides them into two chapters. 



"* Cucumis appellatio communis fub qua cucumis fim- 

 pliciter diftus pepo, melo, cucurbitas & citrullus, de quo 

 fuo loco. Catal. Hort. Botan. Oxon. p. 50. 



t De anguino cucumere & de pcpone, cap. 2. De cu- 

 curbite fylveftri. Sec Plin, Nat. HiJI. cap. 3. /ib, 20. 



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