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QUERIES AND REMARKS. 
Striped Housainf.e Melon. —How am I to know when this 
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kind of melon is ripe P 
New Sort of Melon cai.led William the 4th. enquired 
about.— Pray have you seen the new variety of Melon called Wil¬ 
liam the Fourth ? It is a small fruit, round in shape, having a very 
pale skin, white flesh, but extremely luscious, and sweet; indeed, 
surpassing all others I have yet seen. 
Giant Asparagus enquired after. —When can I procure a 
little seed of the real Giant Asparagus ? Do you think that by the 
cutting of all the heads of grass except one from each root, and al¬ 
lowing only that one to run to seed, will be a means of strengthen¬ 
ing it ? 
Watson’s Hybrid Rhubarb? Pray will Watson’s Hybrid 
Rhubarb come from seed or not ? 
Schizanthus Hookeri. —Is there any particular treatment for 
the Schizanthus Hookeri. I have several friends who have lost many 
hundreds. A hint on this subject would he particularly useful. 
July, 1834. H. G. C. 
Raising Sallad. —Perhaps you will oblige me by setting a little 
matter at rest which has created a world of words, and which in my 
humble opinion is insufficient to satisfy my clamorous friends, or I 
should have said credulous friends. It was lately asserted in a Daily 
Paper, that a Gardener in Chelsea, had laid a wager with another 
Gardener, that he would raise a sallad within two hours.—Your opi¬ 
nion will suffice as to its practicability or impracticability, should 
you think it a question worth your consideration. And perhaps you 
will state your opinion as to the shortest period, in which a salad can 
be raised. Would you deem a Paper worth insertion in your Regis¬ 
ter on the Management of the Water Cress, and which method has 
met with the most decided success ? A Longstone Lad. 
Binfield Fruit Garden—I should be obliged, if you would 
give the plan of the Binfield Fruit Garden, mentioned Volume 2nd, 
and likewise the method of laying out a garden for the culture of 
vegetables ? 
Culture of the Pear. —Will you pray give a continuance of 
the Article on the Culture of the Pear, as promised in Vol 2, page. 
G. B. 
Culture of the Plumeria rubra wanted ? Would you inform me 
the best method of cultivating the Plumeria rubra, as it neither 
thrives nor flowers with me? So doing, you will greatly oblige. 
