THE PINE APPLE. 



fruit ; from the length of time requisite to bring it 

 to perfection ; the keeping up a high temperature 

 during the winter months, and the unremitting at- 

 tention required throughout the year. Another 

 source of expense, and in some cases of difficulty, 

 has been the procuring of tan, or other materials, 

 to supply a bottom heat ; and the last one that may 

 be mentioned is, that gardeners who undertake to 

 cultivate the Pine Apple, generally are paid a 

 higher remuneration than those who confine them- 

 selves to the other fruits. 



These circumstances have lately induced some 

 amateurs, and also some practical gardeners, to 

 devise means of simplifying the culture of the 

 Pine Apple, and lessening the expenses attending 

 it. The principal amateurs are T. A. Knight, 

 Esq. the President of the Horticultural Society, 

 and Peter Marsland, Esq. of Woodbank, near 

 Stockport; the principal practical gardeners are 

 Mr. Gunter, of Earlscourt, Mr. Hay, a Horticul- 

 tural architect in Edinburgh, and some others, 

 who have made less extensive trials. 



