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whole of the foliage and surface of the 

 plunging materials. 



" The Bottom Heat is at all times 

 kept very moderate, the surface loosen- 

 ed often with a pointed stick, or two- 

 pronged fork, so that there is no ob- 

 struction to prevent the free circulation 

 of the atmosphere. As to stating the 

 exact temperature in our variable dark 

 climate, it is impossible — but the right 

 side is to aim at a too low, instead of 

 overdoing it ; the former is the easiest 

 to be got over. A small portion of 

 fermenting or plunging materials, kept 

 in a kindly condition, is always quite 

 sufficient to command bottom heat 

 enough. My fruiting plants have about 

 one foot eight or nine inches of plung- 

 ing materials, and stand on loose bricks 

 in it ; of course, as the season and tem- 

 perature of the interior atmosphere 

 alter, so does the bottom heat, under 

 this system ; I look to nature for the 

 example. I cannot inform you how 

 strong, or to what extent, the manure 

 water ought to be applied to plants of 

 such or such an age, or size, or va- 

 riety — so much depends on a variety of 

 circumstances ; all I know is, what to 

 apply to those I have under my own 

 charge. A pot or two of good ale, or 

 a slice of beef or bacon will do won- 

 ders with a hard-working, strong, 

 healthy-constituted man — which would 

 not be likely in the least to agree with 

 another person, afflicted with disease 

 or weakness. 



" The Temperature of the Air. — I at 

 all seasons regulate according to the 

 light we receive, never tying it down to 

 a certain degree. Some light, still, 

 mild days, even in late autumn or 

 winter, five degrees more can be well 

 afforded, with air, than in a daric, cold, 

 gloomy, windy, or stormy day, could 

 safely be applied in summer. Suffice 

 it to say, I regulate the atmospheric 

 interior air from about 5.5° to 75^, the 

 former the minimum in short dark days, 

 and the latter the maximum in long 

 light days; for heat without light is 

 sure to cause, in time, immaturity, dis- 

 ease, and vermin. 



" Diseases and Vermin. — By follow- 

 ing the above directions, no such thing 

 will be seen or known, and those that 

 are already troubled with either, will, 

 by following the above directions, get 

 very soon clear of either." 



To this mode of Pine-growing made 



easy, but little need be added. Those 

 who are not so successful in keeping 

 their pine-apples free from Scale, and 

 other diseases, will find some informa- 

 tion on those points under their respect- 

 ive titles in other pages of this volume. 

 I will only venture to add, that I think 

 growing the pine-apple in beds is pre- 

 ferable to growing it in pots ; all Mr. 

 Barnes's directions being adapted to 

 that. I also think Mr. Barnes's maxi- 

 mum temperature rather too low, and 

 that during bright sunny weather, and 

 the long days of summer, 80" may be 

 used with advantage. In Bengal, pine- 

 apples grow in the open air with very 

 little cultivation, and attain a weight of 

 seven pounds, in a temperature rang- 

 ing between the extremes 1203 and oS^. 



PINE-TREE. Pinus. 



PINEASTER BEETLE. See Bos- 

 trychis. 



PINGUICULA. Six species. Hardy 

 and half-hardy herbaceous. Division. 

 Shaded, boggv soil. 



PINK. Dianthus. 



Varieties. — These are added to an- 

 nually ; but the following are first-rate 

 flowers, sufficient for any amateur : — 



Acme (Brown's). 



Alpha (Garrat's). 



Achates (Neville's). 



Alfred (Wallace's). 



Beauty (Fairbairn's). 



Beauty (Turner's). 



Conqueror (Barrett's). 



Defiance (Norman's). 



Dr. Edwards (Ottey's). 



Duke of Northumberland (Head- 

 ley's). 



Duke of Wellington (Norman's). 



Eclipse (Brown's). 



Eclipse (Bankell's). 



Enchantress (Neville's). 



Garland (Brown's). 



Gauntlet (Dawson's). 



Gem (Hodge's). 



Great. Britain (Ward's). 



Henry (Norman's). 



Henry (Wallace's). 



Lord Brougham (Acres). 



Mary Anne (Jelf's). 



Masterpiece (Turner's). 



Miss Kate (Fairbairn's). 



Monitor (Neville's). 



Ne plus Ultra (Kean's). 



Omega (Unworth's). 



One Hundred and Thirty-four 

 (Brown's). 



One Hundred and Sixty-six (Hodge's). 



