Excerpt from The Art of Promoting the Growth of the Cucumber and Melon: In a Series of Directions for the Best Means to Be Adopted in Bringing Them to a Complete State of Perfection The only writer I know upon this subject, with the exception of Abercrombie, whose system is now totally exploded, is Mr. M 'phale, gardener to Lord Hawkesbury. This gentleman published a treatise in the year 1795, in which he stre nuously recommends brick pits for cucumbers and melons, as far superior to the dung bed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.