THE PINE APPLE. Ill 



Form of House. The succes- 

 sion, or nursing pits, according 

 to Mr. Baldwin's plan (fig. 11.), in 

 which the young plants are to re- 

 main both winter and summer, should be con- 

 structed of timber, seven feet wide, and seven 

 feet three inches high at the back, the front being 

 in the same proportion. The method of prepar- 

 ing the bed is as follows : " Sink your pit (2.) 

 three feet three inches deep, as long as you re- 

 quire, and sufficiently broad to admit of linings on 

 each side (1,1.); make a good drain at the bottom 

 of the pit to keep it dry ; then set posts, about the 

 dimensions of six inches square, in the pit, at con- 

 venient distances, (say about the width of the top 

 lights,) and case it round with one inch and a 

 half deal wrought boards, above the surface, and 

 below with any inferior boards or planks. The 

 dimensions of my succession-bed or frame, are 

 thirty-nine feet long, and seven feet wide; contain- 

 ing two hundred and seventy-three square feet, 

 which will hold three hundred and fifty suckers, 

 from the end of September till the seventh of 

 April." 



Soil. ' From old pasture or meadow ground 

 strip off the turf, and dig to the depth of six or 

 eight inches, according to the goodness of the soil ; 

 draw the whole together to some convenient place, 

 and mix it with one-half of good rotten dung ; fre- 

 quently turn it over for twelve months, and it will 



