The author begs to inform the purchasers of this work, that it wasoriginally his intention to have given an engraving of the particulardescription of cucumber and melon, which he has been so successful inbringing to a state of perfection; and, in fact, a plate was executed,at a considerable expense, for that purpose. Finding, however, thatalthough accurate in its representation of fine fruit, it did notpourtray the difference, nor convey the precise idea of those qualitieswhich constitute the superiority of the author's; and aware that suchwould have been obvious to every experienced gardener, the design wasnecessarily abandoned, trusting, that as it was merely intended for anembellishment, its deficiency will not render the work less valuable tothe profession.
| The Cucumber Seed-bed for October | Page 1 |
| The Fruiting Frame for early Plants | 14 |
| The Seed-bed for January | 43 |
| On the Culture of the late Cucumber | 46 |
| On the Hand-glass Cucumber | 51 |
| Dimensions of the Boxes and Lights for early and late Cucumbers | 59 |
| On the Culture of early and late Melons | 65 |
| Dimensions of the Boxes and Lights for ditto | 83 |
Having, when young, imbibed a particular inclination to study theculture of the cucumber and melon, under the direction of my father,whose character as an early framer was in high repute, I assiduouslytried every experiment which was calculated to improve upon his system,by bringing them to a more complete state of perfection.
In marking the progress of their growth, I usually committed to writingthose plans which I had f