514 Notices of New or Remarkable 



known, should be desired in a garden, this deserves the 

 preference. 



Melons. 



Sir Thomas Frankland sent from his garden at Thir- 

 kleby, in Yorkshire, specimens of a Melon of great excellence, 

 called by him the Green-fleshed Egyptian. It is quite round, 

 and very regularly lobed ; the skin is pale, almost white, very 

 thin, smooth, with a few reticulations, but some specimens 

 are without this addition. The flesh is semi-transparent, 

 green next the skin, and becoming while in the centre ; it 

 is perfectly melting, rich, sweet, and high flavoured. The 

 sort is an abundant bearer, very handsome, and of a size 

 which makes it desirable for the table, each fruit weigh- 

 ing from two to three pounds. Sir Thomas Frankland 

 received the seed, about the year 1808, from the present 

 Archbishop of York. Like all the green Melons the flesh 

 of this is more digestible than that of the red varieties, and 

 this is considered as having that quality more remarkably 

 than any other. It has also the merit of ripening it's flesh 

 very close up to its skin, and consequently of affording a 

 much larger eatable portion, for its weight, than is usual. 



James Hammond, Esq. sent from his garden at Potter's 

 Bar, near Barnet, specimens of a Levant Melon. This variety 

 varies considerably in its form, some being oval, divided in 

 lobes, while others are nearly round. The most usual form, 

 however, is oval, slightly lobed, the lobes being very broad. 

 Skin yellow, generally smooth, sometimes reticulated ; but 

 never much so. The flesh is green, melting, rich and very 

 high flavoured. This excellent Melon is subject to con- 

 siderable variation in its quality, the produce even of the 



