The 'Fra5iical Kitchen Gardiner . 



The fruits of thefe are of very various 

 kinds, even tho* they fpring from the 

 fame feed, nor does nature difplay it 

 felf in any plant more than in the varie- 

 ty of the growth of its vines and ten= 

 drils, as Bauhinus and others, from ex- 

 perience teflify» The kinds that our 

 herbalifts fpeak of, are the cucurbita 

 anguina, or longer, being the long or 

 fnake s gourd j cucurbita lagenaria mi- 

 nor:, or the fmall bottle gourd j cucurbita 

 fylveftris fungi - for mis ^ or the mufh- 

 room gourd j cucurbita clypei-formisy or 

 fymnel gourd j and the cucurbita 'verru- 

 cofa, or knotty gourd, with many o- 

 thers that I need not name, that are 

 cultivated in thefe and other parts, with 

 great variety and care. 



This plant, which grows the largeft 

 and quickeft, and moft extenfive of any, 

 is raifed of feed, as all the reft of this 

 tribe are, but would, as being a ftranger 

 with us, require^ a hot-bed in the fpring^ 

 to bring it forwa^^d. The feeds of them 

 all are good for th^ inteftines, as is alfo 

 the pulp, and the feed is faid by the 

 antients to be a fpecifick againft perio- 

 dical or intermitting fevers. Which is all 

 J lhall add astp cucumbers and their kinds. 



