IV INTRODUCTION. 



The British publications which treat ex- 

 clusively, or principally, of the Pine Apple, 

 are : 



1767. John Giles, of Lewisham. A Me- 

 thod of raising Pines and Melons, 8vo. 



1769. Adam Taylor, Gardener at Devizes, 

 in Wiltshire. A Treatise on the Ananas and 

 on Melons, 8vo. 



1779. William Speechly, Gardener to the 

 Duke of Portland, at Welbeck, in Notting- 

 hamshire. A Treatise on the culture of the 

 Pine Apple, and the managemant of the Hot- 

 house, &c. 8vo. 



1808. William Griffin, Gardener to J. C. 

 Girardot, Esq. at Kelham, near Nottingham. 

 A Treatise on the culture of the Pine Apple, 

 8vo. 



1818. Thomas Baldwin, Gardener to the 

 Marquis of Hertford, at Ragley, in Warwick- 



