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a troublesome operation, and can be practised only 

 on young plants, and indeed, according to his own 

 account, insects on the Pine Apple may be destroy- 

 ed in the course of their culture, which coincides 

 exactly with the methods I used and recommend 

 to be carried into practice by those who have the 

 management of Pine Apple plants, and are troubled 

 with insects. I have no doubt but his method of 

 laying young plants in a hot-bed of rank dung, will 

 effectually destroy the insects, though I think, how- 

 ever, they had best remain in the bed longer than 

 one hour ; but perhaps remaining even an hour, 

 or a longer time, in such a dreadful situation, where 

 I conceive no animal could long exist, might 'hurt 

 the plants, if not destroy them. But let it be re- 

 membered, that if Pine plants be perfectly free of 

 insects, if they are put into a hot-house where the 

 scale or the bug insects are in the tan, or in any 

 part of the house, the insects will find their way to 

 creep to the Pines and breed upon them ; for 

 these insects are natural to the plant." 



SECT. XI. 



Culture of the Pine Apple as given in Abercrombie's Practical 

 Gardener) edited by Mr. James Mean, head gardener to Sir 

 Abraham Hume, Bart, at Wormleylury^ in Hertfordshire. 



THE culture of the Pine Apple was given by 

 John Abercrombie, in his " Every man his own 



