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CHAP. III. 



FOREIGN MODES OF CULTIVATING THE PINE APPLE. 



Culture of the Pine Apple in Holland, France, Germany, 

 Italy, SfC. 



THE horticulture of the continent is, in general, 

 copied from that of Holland, as was our culture, 

 and that of every other country two centuries ago. 

 Excepting in Holland, therefore, the English gar- 

 dener will find very little to learn in other coun- 

 tries ; but it is worth while to know how little is 

 to be known in one quarter, that we may be the 

 more assiduous in our attention to such quarters 

 as are likely to furnish us with information. 



For this purpose, we shall take a short view of 

 the culture of the Pine Apple in the principal 

 parts of the Continent. 



Whether Le Cour was the first who imported 

 Pine plants from the West Indies, is less certain 

 than that he was the first to attempt their culture 

 with success. Professor Bradley, in his General 

 Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening for July 1724, 

 p. 206. gives a description of the Pine Apple, and the 

 introduction of it into Holland by Mr. Le Cour. 

 He says, that there were in the Amsterdam gardens 



