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The Chambers are ; 



¥be Flower confijls of five Leave.', 

 which are bifid, arid difpofed in a cir- 

 cular Order : the Point al becomes a 

 foft oval fcaped Berry, which is in- 

 cluded in the Fiower-cup, as in a 

 Bladder, and containing many Aidny- 

 Jhapcd Seeds. 



There is but one Species of this 

 Plant ; which is, 



Cucubalus Plinii. Lugd. Berry- 

 bearing Chickweed. 



This Plant is of no great Ufe or 

 Beamy, and is feldom preferved in 

 Gardens, except for Variety -fake : 

 it grows wild in many Parts of Ger- 

 many, and hath alfo been found in 

 the North of England. It is eafily 

 propi gated by fowing the Seeds, or 

 planting the R.ots, which will in a 

 fhort time overfpread a large Spot 

 of Ground, if furTcred to remain ; 

 and it delights in a moilt fhady 

 Pk.ce. 



Dr. Ijnnrus has joined to this 

 Gei ; u feveral Sp.cies of Lychnis, 

 which agree in iheir Flowers with 

 tin or lis Genu ; but as the Fruit 

 of this is a foffc pulpy Eerry, and 

 thofe c r the other Species which he 

 has ad. ed having a dry Capfule, 

 jyhi re the Fruit is admitted as a cha- 

 racteriiHc Note, thefe cannot be 

 joined together. 



CUCUMIS, The Cucumber. 

 The Char a tiers are ; 



It hath a ¥ lower confifiing of one 

 Jingle L?rf, which is bell-fhaped, and 

 expanded towards the Top, and cut 

 into many Segments, of which fo-me 

 are Male or barren, having no Em- 

 bryo, but only a large Style in the 

 Middle, which is charged with the 

 Farina: others are Female cr fruitful, 

 being fafiirfd to an Embryo, which 

 is afterward changed into a fiiefvy 

 F>uit, for the moji part oblong and 

 turbinated, which is divided into three 



or four Cells inclof.ng many oblong 

 Seeds, 



The Species are ; 



1 . Cucumis fativus vulgat is, 

 mo.turo fructu fuhlutto. C. B. The 

 common Cucumber. 



2. Cucumis fativus vulgaris 9 

 fntclu albo. C. B. The white Cu- 

 cumber. 



3. Cucumis oblongus. Dcd. The 

 long Turhy Cucumber. 



The firit of thefe Kinds is the 

 molt common in the Englijh Gardens, 

 .of which there are two or three Va- 

 rieties, differing in the Length or 

 Kaughnefs of the outer Skm of the 

 Fruit : but thefe being only acci- 

 dental Sportings of Nature, I fhall 

 pafs them over without making any 

 Diftinclion of them. 



The fecond Sort, which is by far 

 the better Fruit, as being lefs watry, 

 and containing fewer Seeds, is the 

 mod common Kind cultivated in 

 Holland-, for I do not remember to 

 have feen .one of our green Sort in 

 any of the Markets in that Coun- 

 try. 



The third Sort is propagated in 

 fome curious Gardens, for the un- 

 common Length of its Fruit, and 

 alfo its having lefs Water, and fewer 

 Seeds : but it is not lb fruitful as the 

 common Kind, nor will it come fo 

 early. 



The common Sort is cultivated in 

 three different Seafons: the nrft of 

 which is on Hot-beds under Garden- 

 frames, for early Fruit : the fecond 

 is under Bell or Hand-glaffts, for 

 the middle Crop : and the third is 

 in the common Ground, for a late 

 Crop, or to pickle. 



1 fhall begin with giving Direc- 

 tions for railing Cucumbers early, 

 which is what moil Genrlemens Gar- 

 deners have an'Emulation to exceed 

 each other in ; and feme have been 



