46' BRITISH MODES OF CULTIVATING 



" The present way," he says, "of raising Pine 

 Apples, is made so chargeable by the erection of 

 hot-houses, and the consumption of fuel, that many, 

 even of tolerable fortunes, have been deterred by 

 the consideration of it, from raising this desirable 

 fruit. It is farther attended with trouble, and much 

 uncertainty ; and the fruit itself rarely answers the 

 expense either in size, number, or quality. But by 

 the practice now recommended, these several in- 

 conveniences are sufficiently obviated. There are 

 very few, even of commercial gardeners, who are 

 not able to accumulate the necessary quantity 

 of horse-dung, which is the principal article for 

 this valuable end. And by such application of it, 

 they shall not fail to find their hopes abundantly 

 answered, and their labour well repaid." P. 3. 



Form of House. He both rears and fruits them 

 in a pit. This he forms either of boards, or of 

 brick- work three feet deep, and of any convenient 

 length and width ; and on the walls or boards, 

 which inclose the tan, he places a frame two andahalf 

 feet deep in front, and four feet high behind. The 

 ends and front are of glass, and the latter is form- 

 ed into small sashes, which slide in a groove. The 

 back is formed of inch boards, and against these he 

 places a powerful lining of dung. 



The pit he fills with tan, or dung, as may be 

 most convenient ; dung, he says, does as well as tan, 

 and only requires a little more trouble, which is 

 amply repaid to the gardener by the value of the 



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