INTRODUCTION. V 



shire. A Treatise on the culture of the 

 Ananas, &c. 12mo. 



The Authors who have treated on the Pine 

 Apple, as a part of their general subject, in- 

 clude nearly all those who have written on 

 Horticulture since the commencement of the 

 18th century; the principal are, Bradley, 

 Miller, Justice, Abercrombie, M'Phail, and 

 Nicol, in their respective works ; and T. A. 

 Knight, Esq., and Peter Marsland, Esq., in 

 the Transactions of the London and Cale- 

 donian Horticultural Societies. 



The Foreign publications on the Pine 

 Apple are few, and of little value ; because 

 the Continental Gardeners have never been 

 very successful in its culture. Professor 

 Thouin and M. Bosc, are the principal 

 French Authors who have noticed the sub- 

 ject, and this only in general works, such as 

 Hosier's Dictionary, &c. Kirchner is almost 

 the only German writer who has written on 

 this fruit, in his Practische Anleitung fur 



