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flatulency in their Tafte, which is 

 agreeable to very few Perfons : but 

 in the Weft-Indies, where there is a 

 Scarcity of Garden Roots and Plants, 

 thefe, and many other Sorts, are 

 efteemed Delicacies. 



MELONRY, or MELON- 

 GROUND, is an Apartment in 

 the Kitchen-garden for the Propa« 

 gation of Melons. 



The Spot of Ground mould be 

 open to the South-eaft Sun ; but 

 fhelter'd from the Weft, North- 

 weft, and North-eaft Winds, by 

 Walls, Pales, or Hedges : it Ihould 

 alio be upon a dry Soil ; for nothing 

 is more injurious to thefe Plants than 

 much Wet : and in the Spring it 

 often proves very wet Weather ; 

 when, if the Soil be very wet, there 

 will be no making the Ridges until 

 it is very late. You mould alfo con- 

 trive to place it as near to the Dung 

 as pofiible, which will fave a great 

 deal of Labour in wheeling the 

 Dung ; and, if you can have a Pond 

 of Water near it, this, in very dry 

 Weather, will be very ufefulto water 

 the Melons. 



As to the Size of the Ground, 

 that muft be proportional to the 

 Quantity of Ridges intended ; which 

 you may eafily calculate by allow- 

 ing eleven Feet Breadth for every 

 Ridge, and the Holes placM at 

 about five Feet afunder ; but it is 

 the beft Way to allow room enough 

 where you are not ftreighten'd for 

 it. 



This Ground mould be incJos'd 

 with a Reed- fence, and kept con- 

 Handy locked up during the time 

 that the Melons are growing ; for if 

 they are expos'd to every Perfon that 

 walks in the Garden (mod of whom 

 have a Curiofity to handle theVines, 

 and look after the Fruit), it will be 

 of ill Confequence; nothing being 

 more injurious to thefe Plants than 



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frequent tumbling ordirturbing their 

 Leaves. 



The common Practice in moft 

 Gentlemens Gardens is, to inclofe 

 a Spot of Ground either with Walls 

 or Pales, which they conftantly ap- 

 propriate to this Purpofe : but this is 

 by no means a good Method ; for it 

 rarely happens that thefe fucceed 

 well longer than two Years in the 

 fame Place, unlefs the Soil be re- 

 moved, and frem brought in, which 

 is very expenfive ; therefore the beft 

 Way is, to have a fufficient Parcel 

 of Reeds made into Panels, which 

 may be annually moved from Place 

 to Place ; fo that you need not con- 

 tinue your Ridges longer than one 

 Year in the lame Place. And if you 

 have a Pjece of Ground which is 

 large enough to divide into four fuch 

 Places, the Fence may be every 

 Year remov'd forward till theWhole 

 has been occupy'd ; after which you 

 may return to the Spot, where you 

 began, which, by that time, will be 

 as good as frem Earth : and hereby, 

 without much Trouble, you may re- 

 move them every Year; for as one 

 of the Sides will remain unremov'd 

 every time the Fence is carried for- 

 ward, the Labour will not be fo 

 great as if it were wholly remov'd 

 to fome Diftance ; and thefe Reed- 

 fences are much preferable to either 

 Walls or Pales for this Purpofe. 

 MELOTHRIA. 



The Characlers are ; 

 Ike Empalement of the Flower is 

 of one Leaf bell-Jhap d, and cut flight- 

 fy at the Brim into foe Parts ; this 

 re/Is upon the Embryo : the Flower is 

 of one Leaf wheel-fijc.ped, having a 

 Tube the Length of the Empalement : 

 in the Ctntre of the Flower is f tun- 

 ted the Point a/, fupporting a cylindri- 

 cal Style, attended by three conical 

 Stamina, which are inferted in the 

 Tube of the Flower, and are extended 



