The Art of Promoting the Growth of the Cucumber and Melon by Thomas Watkins

“In marking the progress of their growth, I usually committed to writing those plans which I had found to have been productive of beneficial effects. The result of these remarks has proved the compilation of the following treatise, undertaken at the request of several horticulturists, who have expressed their desire to become acquainted with the process of my mode of cultivation.” -Author’s Preface