350 On the Cultivation o/Melons in the open air. 



I send a sketch, with a description, of the bed, which can 

 be easily formed by an ordinary workman. 



Scale of half an inch to a foot. 



a. a. Level of the ground. 



b. b. A row of wooden posts three feet six inches high, to 



the south face of which boards are nailed. 



c. c. Surface of the bed, being an inclined plane fronting the 



south; covered with slates laid upon the mould, and not 

 over-lapping. 



d. d. A second row of posts, two feet six inches high, to which 



boards are nailed on the north face. 



e. e. A space three feet wide extending the whole length of 



the bed on its north side, filled with mowings of grass, 

 weeds, fallen leaves, and other refuse of the garden. 



f. Themelon plants coveringthe surface of the inclined plane. 



g. Space filled with old spent bark, trodden hard. 



fi. h. About nine inches of compost soil laid over the tan for 

 the reception of the Melon plants. 



