INTRODUCTION. Vll 



On the Continent the Pine Apple is culti- 

 vated most extensively in Russia ; it occurs 

 but seldom in France or Germany ; and only 

 in a few gardens in Italy. It has happened 

 to us to have visited the principal Continen- 

 tal Gardens, as well as the English ones 

 alluded to above, and various others ; and 

 we mention this to justify the extension of our 

 remarks, not only to domestic, but foreign 

 practices ; and to account for our not confin- 

 ing ourselves merely to what is contained in 

 books, but discussing also the modes of cul- 

 ture actually practised in different gardens. 

 We shall first notice the introduction of the 

 Pine Apple into Europe, and next the differ- 

 ent varieties in cultivation; we shall then 

 glance at the Continental practices, and 

 finally detail those of our own country. 



