fo H Out us jam-aice-n-sis. tlan^sjj 



The pine thrives best in a brick mould and warm situation. Some persons cultivate 

 them on the top of small ridges or banksj raised about eighteen inches, and disposed 

 in straight rows ; they grow most luxuriantly when they>are thus associated together, 

 like the penguiu, andthe sinkers from them are stronger and finer than when the planes 

 pre separated at a distance from each other, and their roots-are likewise kept cooler and 

 moister. '1 hey are subject, especially in a very dry season, to be attacked with a 

 small white insect, which, if not destroyed, will overspread the leaves quite to the 

 root, stop the growth of the plants, and consume their juice. This is suspected to be 

 the same which frequently does such mischief, in long droughts, to the cane-pieces, 

 and is called the blast. In order to kill.them, it has been recommended to steep the 

 fresh leaves and stems of tobacco, for twelve hours in water, and sprinkle all tire plants 

 every day with this water, by means of the common garden pot, till the insects disap- 

 pear; the water so impregnated is sail to kill these animalcules, without doing the 

 smallest injury to the plants. Some use a sponge ; but this is too laborious and dila- 

 tory a method, where the plants are numerous, and all or most of them affected. 

 P< rhaps a strong decoction of the tobacco leaves, used when perfectly cool, might be 

 found stid more effectual ; the experiment might likewise be practised on cane-pieces, 

 by means of a water engine, with a rose head fixed on the discharging pipe. 



I'he fermented juice -of the sweeter sorts of pine has been made into -a very pleasant 

 wine, and is sometimes mixed in the cisterns that contain the liquor for rum, in order 

 to communicate a more agreeable zest. They are a profitable commodity in this island, 

 either for sale in the towns, or to the shipping; and some of the fruit is exported l>y 

 way of present, preserved in syrup, as they form a very elegant appearance, with 

 their crowns, at a desert. Long, p. 793. 



Dr. Wright says pines have a detersive quality, and are better fitted to cleanse the 

 mouth and gums than any gargle whatever. 



See Penguin and Sh.k Grass. 

 Pitcairnia See Scarlet Pjtcairnu. 





PLANTAIN, ENGLISH. PLANTAGO. 



Cl. 4, or. 1. Telrandria monogynia. Nat. or. Plantagines. 

 Gen. char. Calyx a four-cleft perianth, erect,- very short, permanent; corolla 

 one-petaled,, permanent, border four-cleft, reflex; stamens four long capillary 

 filaments, with oblong anthers ; the pistil has an ovate germ, a filiform style, and 

 simple stigmas ; the pericarp an ovate two-celled capsule, cut transversely ; seeds 

 several or solitary, oblong. 



MAJOR. GREATER. 



F.lantttgp. Sloane, v. 1, p. 199. Foliis lalioribus subrotundis quinauc 

 nerxiis ad margincm appendicuiatis. Browne, p. 145. 



Leaves ovate, smoothish, shorter than the petiole ; scape round ; spike having 

 the florets imbricate ; seeds very many. 



The root i* the thickness of the thumb, prxmorsc, or stumped, laying stronghold 



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