OR PINE- APPLE. 



BEFORE any of the pots are removed 

 raife the crowns out of the bark carefully 

 with a ftick, fo as to break none of their 

 roots. The pulpy part that was twifted 

 out of the fruit will be all rotted off, and 

 the bottom will be fmooth arid found, and 

 in good condition to pufh roots. 



THERE will be many of the under leaves 

 alfo rotten, which mud be pulled off; then 

 there will be a good ftem, hard and found, 

 with many knobs for puming roots ; be- 

 fides there will be many fine roots which 

 have {truck while they were in the bark, 

 which will receive no check in being re- 

 moved. Cut the end of four or five rows 

 of the fmall leaves round the bottom, that 

 they may decay before the next mifting* 

 in order to get more flem to pum out roots, 

 for the longer the ftem is the more vigo- 

 rous will the roots be, and the plants will, 

 grow very raft. Plant them into large 

 halfpenny pots, taking care to lay the 

 roots fmooth, and plunge them into a 

 moderate heat, giving them a little water 

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