VANANAS COMPOST. ^ 



plant may be taken up, partially disrooted, potted, and plunged in a bottom heat of 85 

 to 90 to produce suckers. These are removed and placed in 6-inch pots, shifted into 8 or 

 9-inch pots when established, and, when 2 to 3 feet high, with well-developed foliage, 

 transferred to the fruiting-pot, tub, or bed. 



Compost. Sweet, moderately rich soil, permeable by the roots, is essential, as sour, 

 excessively rich, close, sodden compost is fatal to healthy growth and fine clusters of 



Fig. 35. BANAXA. HOUSE. 



Section through O 2, Ground Plan, Vol. I., page 71. (Scale : J inch = 1 foot.) 



References : a, narrow borders for plants ; b, narrow border at 9-feet intervals for Monstera ; c, narrow border at 

 ends only for Granadilla ; d, paths ; e, dividing wall up centre of bed ; /, drainage ; y, drains ; h, cold pit ; i, hot- 

 water pipes ; j, dotted lines indicate ventilation. Detached plan shows : k, restricted root-space at planting ; I. tem- 

 porary 4^-inch walls ; m, space given each plant after occupying k with roots ; , roots in full space ; o, corner for 

 standing young plants. 



fruit. The top 3 inches of old pasture-soil, moderately strong yellow loam, stacked 

 in autumn in narrow piles, with a 1-inch layer of fresh horse-droppings spread on each 

 tier of turves, and a similar thickness of old mortar rubbish, will form a good mixture. 

 Chop up when wanted into 2 or 3-inch squares, adding a quart of steamed bone- meal, 



