THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 
June 1st, 1833. 
PART I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
HORTICULTURE.— Article I. 
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE CULTURE OF MELONS. 
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DOMESTIC GARDENER’S MANUAL. 
C. M. H. S. 
Your remarks on the wrapper of the last number (22,) concerning 
applications for the melon seeds I sent to you in January, induce 
me to trouble you again with a few remarks upon melon culture. 
That I may not, however, deal in mere words, I shall endeavour to 
second, and anticipate your assurances of presenting seeds to appli¬ 
cants that have heretofore been unsuccessful, by enclosing you all 
that I can spare of such seeds as I now possess. I regret to say, 
that I have not one remaining of the Striped Ilousainee, but I re¬ 
tain a portion of the sweet Ispahan ; and also, of a fine variety allied 
to the great Germek of Persia; and these, I enclose, with a cordial 
welcome, leaving them to be disposed of in whatever number or 
manner you may deem advisable, and I trust, that the seeds of each 
will prove good and true to their kind. 
The few observations that I am called upon to make, in addition 
to those contained in my two former papers, will refer solely to the 
variety last mentioned, because its culture is more simple than is 
that of the Housainee; and in respect of quality, it is all but as 
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