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hithe." He informs us that an excellent stove on a 

 new plan, with a bark pit, was built by William 

 Parker, Esq. near Croydon, in Surry, to make 

 " experiments in ripening fruits that has not been 

 tried j" and that Mr. Fairchild, in 1722, built one 

 at Hoxton for Pine Apples and other tender plants, 

 in which the fire flues were raised above the surface 

 of the floor, by which means all danger from damps 

 was avoided. Mr. Cowel, as before observed, 

 (p. 4.) states that in 1730 Pine Apple stoves were 

 to be found in almost every curious garden. Mr. 

 Telende's mode of cultivating the Pine Apple is 

 detailed by Professor Bradley in 1724, and the 

 most generally approved mode of culture from that 

 time to the middle of the eighteenth century may 

 be considered as given by Miller in his Dictionary. 

 The improvements which have since been made by 

 practical gardeners, may be ranged under the heads 

 of Justice, Speedily, Abercrombie, M'Phail, Nicol, 

 Griffin, Baldwin, Andrews, Oldacre, Gunter, 

 Grange, and Aiton. To each of these names we 

 shall devote a section ; and under each, consider in 

 succession, the form of house, soil, general treat- 

 ment, insects, and fruit produced. 



SECT. I. 



Mode of cultivating the Pine Apple practised by Mr. Henry 

 Telende, in the Garden of Sir M. Decker, at Richmond, 171 9, 

 to 1730, or later. 



Form of House. For the education and ripening 

 of this fruit, Mr. Telende employed a frame made of 





