CDCUMIS MELO. 



richer quality and contains a mixture of organic matter, a much less amount of manure 

 is required, and it is reported that occasionally manure is altogether dispensed with. 



The melon beds commence fruiting in April, and continue yielding until they are 

 overwhelmed by the rise of the river in June. When laid incautiously near the water 

 level, they are not un frequently submerged by the rise of stream which takes place 

 during the hot weather months before the heat of the monsoon, and is due to the melting 

 of snow on the higher ranges of the Himalaya. 



The following is the area reported to bear melons during the hot weather in the 

 30 temporarily settled N.-W. Provinces districts, from which agricultural returns have 

 been received. The figures represent the average of the returns for the three years 

 1879, 1880, and 1881. They probably include a certain amount of land under cucur- 

 bitaceous crops other than melons, of which tarbuza (water melon) is the chief. But 

 they professedly relate to melons alone. 



Meernt 

 Division. 



Rohilkhand 

 Division. 



Agra 

 Division. 



Allahabad 

 Division, 

 excluding 

 Jaunpur 

 District. 



15enares 

 Division, 

 including 

 Azamgarh, 

 Basti and 

 Gorakhpur 



Districts, 

 only. 



Jhansi 

 Division. 



Kumaun 

 Division, 

 including 



Tarai 

 District 



only. 



Total. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres- 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



5,268 



5,687 



5,626 



4,465 



283 



2,121 



133 



23,583 



Erplanation of Plate L. 



1. Transverse section of fruit. ( 3. Female flower. 



2. Entire fruit. I 4. Male flower. 



From a drawing of a living ppecimen cultivated at Saliaranpur. 



