By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 257 



protected by glasses till all danger of their suffering from frost 

 is past. 



Great caution is necessary in the production of the fruit 

 from which the seed is to be taken ; if any other kind of 

 Gourd has been grown in the neighbourhood, no reliance 

 can be placed on the goodness of its seed, for, like all others 

 of the tribe, under such circumstances, it will sport into 

 varieties without end. 



