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state of the bottom heat and the linings necessary to maintain the top 
heat of the frame at a suitable temperature, will at all times be requisite. 
Melons should always be cut early in the morning and placed in a 
cool dry room for twelve hours at least before being eaten. Several 
varieties become insipid, however, if kept more than three or four days 
after being cut; but the precise time when to cut particular kinds, and 
the time they will keep, can only be acquired by observation. I append 
the names of the sorts I grow, for the information of those who may wish 
to make a selection. 
Egyptian Green-flesh. —An old Melon of medium size, one of the 
best and highest-flavoured Melons even yet, when obtained true. 
Victory of Bath .—This is an early Melon of good quality, rather 
small in size, ripens 8 or 10 days earlier than most varieties ; flavour 
excellent. 
Bromham Hall. —A netted green-flesh Melon of great excellence; 
good bearer. 
Orion. —A Melon of recent origin, very large for a green-flesh, skin 
light green and netted. This is one of the handsomest Melons in 
cultivation, and its flavour is equal to its appearance. 
Beechwood. —An oval, green-fleshed variety, sometimes netted, and 
at other times smooth, a very high-flavoured delicious Melon. The 
foliage of this variety is hardier than that of many kinds. 
Trentham Hybrid —This I grow for the autumn crops and it is 
deservedly prized for its flavour and long-keeping properties. Perhaps 
if only one Melon were grown this would be the one. Mr. Fleming, 
the raiser of this variety, has one or two other reputed fine seedlings, 
which, however, I have not grown. 
IMPERFECT DRAINAGE OF THE SOIL THE CAUSE OF 
MANY CONIFERS AND OTHER TREES NOT THRIVING 
IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES. 
As the necessity of thorough and efficient drainage has been so often 
insisted on in the pages of the Flordst, I need not at present say any¬ 
thing on that point, the more especially as it is a subject on which 
most people are agreed. It is, however, a fact that in planting, the 
thorough drainage of the soil is not always attended to until its 
imperative necessity becomes manifest from the results. 
The worst of the matter is, that many trees and shrubs that are hardy 
are oftentimes pronounced too tender for certain localities, because, 
through inefficient drainage, they have not succeeded in these places. 
I have often and often in various parts of the country heard persons 
(and practical men, too) make the remark that such and such a tree 
or shrub, as the case may be, will not succeed in this or that locality. 
In cases of this kind I have always found that the places selected for the 
experiment have invariably been what some people term snug sheltered 
spots ; and I have always further found that in all cases of failure the 
draining has been inefficient. I have often been told, both by 
