JAN.] riNE-ArPLES. '3^ 



€ar]y season, when fruits tire rare, the gratificatloB 

 would be the greater. 



THE PINERY. 



A complete pinery should consist of three dis- 

 tinct pits or compartments (see page 277) ; one for 

 crowns and suckers, one for succession, and a third 

 for fruiting plants ; ])ecause, at certain seasons, tlie 

 plants require a different treatment, and the com- 

 partments require to be kept at different tempera- 

 tures. I shall therefore suppose that tliere are three 

 ■compartments, and that the plants are grown in pots; 

 which, in my opinion, is a better method than that 

 of })lanting them out on a bed of earth. 



Pines do certainly not require so strong a bottom 

 heat as many keep them in ; yet there is something 

 in a mild tan heat, so congenial to their naturesj, 

 that they thrive much better in pots plunged in a 

 bark-bed, if properly managed, than when planted 

 out on a bed of earth that is heated, and often 

 scorched, by under flues. 



When tanner's bark is difficult to be procured, 

 and where oak and other tree leaves are to be had. 

 in plenty, tlie bed maybe com.posed chiefly of leaves, 

 or of a mixture jof leaves with stable-litter ; using 

 •only a little bark (fifteen or eigliteen inches), in 

 which to plunge the pots. But in using leaves, or 

 leaves mixed with litter, they must always be well 

 fermented, and tlie rank heat extracted out of them 

 before they are made u\) into a bed for the plants. 



Even in using bark alone, it should be well sweat- 

 -ed, and often be turned over, previous to putting it 



