BRITISH MODES OF CULTIVATING 



In many places small stoves of a particular con- 

 struction (in the which the Pines stand very near the 

 glass) are erected solely for the purpose of Fruit- 

 ing-houses. These, from their being always kept 

 up to a high degree of heat, are by gardeners 

 usually termed Roasters. (%. 7.) When there 

 is such conveniency, it is customary, when 

 any Pine-plants show fruit in the large stoves, to 

 remove such plants (especially the most promising) 

 directly into the fruiting-house ; where, from the 

 high degree of heat kept, they generally swell their 

 fruit astonishingly. 



It is observable that Pines always succeed best 

 in stoves that have been newly erected ; on which 

 account, some of the more curious in the cultivation 

 of this fruit have judged it expedient to pull down 

 and rebuild their Pine-stoves every ten or twelve 

 years. Although I cannot subscribe to such expen- 

 sive mode of procedure, I shall here beg to state 

 the many advantages that accrue from keeping 

 Pine-stoves in good and proper repair. 



First, by keeping the flues clean from soot, and 



