284 On the Cultivation of the Cucumber. 



tempered in the stove were occasionally given over the leaves 

 of the plants and path with good effect. 



Steam from a well regulated flue was considered always 

 favourable to the cultivation, but applied sparingly on ac- 

 count of its scalding effect upon the leaves when the vapour 

 proved over-heated. 



For the mildew, flower of brimstone coloured leaf-green 

 by a little soot, has been applied with the best success in 

 all stages of the disease, and copious fumigations of tobacco 

 were used for the destruction of the several species of the 

 Aphis tribe. 



Under this simple practice Winter Cucumbers have been 

 produced abundantly in the months of October, November, 

 December, and part of January, in all the gardens of His 

 Majesty, during a series of years. 



