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A writer in the Richmond Enquirer, with the signature Agricultor, says" now, from a small spot ofpoor ground, raise the greatest profnsion of melons, whereas, un- til lately, could not raise enough on four or five times the same space of rich land. I dig square holes ten feet apart, each way, for watermelons, and about six feet for muskmelons for the first, two feet deep, for the last, eighteen inches deep, and eighteen inches wide. The roots run but short distance in horizontal dlrec- ton, but striking deep into the earth, they are secure from the effects of drought 1; and by filling the holes full of manure, & by furnishing them to few inches above the surface with mixture of manure and soil, or which is better, a composition of vegetables, and other substances, common. ly to be met with around out houses and pig pens, depth of soil, of fine and light filth is formed. I have not attempted to test pumpkins in this way, but have no doubt that it will answer for ihem."