This antique text contains a detailed guide to growing cucumbers under glass, including information on insects, diseases, varieties, and more. Complete with simple, step-by-step instructions and a wealth of helpful and practicable tips, this timeless text will be of considerable value to those with an interest in growing cucumbers, and makes for a worthy addition to collections of kitchen gardening literature. The chapters of this text include: 'The Cucumber'; 'Sowing the Seeds, and Treatment of the Young Plants'; 'Fruiting-pits, Planting-Out, etc.'; 'Preparing the Pit for the Plants, Soil, etc.'; 'Management After Planting in the Fruiting Pit'; 'Watering and Stopping, etc.'; 'Winter Cucumbers'; 'Cucumber-Houses'; etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage volume, now complete with a new introduction on kitchen gardening.