VI INTRODUCTION. 



Gartenkunst, published in 1796, and devoted 

 more particularly to the culture of the Pine 

 and the Grape. Some other foreign tracts 

 on the subject in the Banksian Library are 

 merely translations from La Cours chapter 

 on the subject, and from English authors. 



The most eminent cultivators of the Pine 

 Apple in England, at the present time, are, 

 Mr. Thomas Baldwin, Gardener to the Mar- 

 quis of Hertford, at Ragley, in Warwickshire; 

 Mr. William Griffin, Gardener to Samuel 

 Smith, Esq., at Woodhall Park, Hertford- 

 shire ; William Townsend Aiton, Esq. Gar- 

 dener to the King, at Kensington ; Mr. James 

 Andrews, Commercial Gardener, Lambeth ; 

 and Mr. Isaac Oldacre, Gardener to Lady 

 Banks, at Springrove, Middlesex. 



A number of other gardeners might be 

 mentioned, as excelling in the culture of this 

 fruit ; but the above have been first-rate cul- 

 tivators for several years. 



