THE PINE APPLE. 



Andrews and Mr. Gunter. Those of Mr. Wilmot's 

 are, at present, in the most luxuriant and pros- 

 perous state ; Mr. Grange's are also in a very re- 

 spectable condition. In both, the plants are grown 

 and fruited in pits, and larger houses, which re- 

 semble those of Earlscourt (fig. 12.) as nearly as 

 possible ; in both, also, the heat is communicated by 

 steam. 



SECT. XIV. 



Culture of the Pine Apple, by Mr. Isaac Oldacre, gardener to 

 Lady Banks, at Spring-grove, Middlesex. 



MR. OLDACRE is an excellent kitchen-gardener, 

 and an ingenious and curious man. He was se- 

 veral years head-gardener at one of the Emperor 

 of Russia's residences near Petersburg, and has 

 the merit of having introduced from that country, 

 the German mode of rearing mushrooms. Having 

 returned to this country about the year 1813, for 

 his health, he some years afterwards became gar- 

 dener to Sir Joseph Banks, in whose gardens he 

 has cultivated the Pine Apple with moderately 

 good success, and we have introduced this Section 

 on purpose to notice some peculiarities of treat- 

 ment which he adopts, and some strange opinions 

 which he holds, or lately held. 



Form of House. The plants are brought for- 

 ward in dung, or tan-frames, or hot-beds, and 

 also in flued-pits \ but generally fruited in houses 



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