124 OFTHEANANAS, 



their (terns, which pufh ftrong roots im- 

 mediately on their being planted in the 

 bark, and the ftem, by being hard, is in 

 jio danger of rotting. 



BY being planted directly when they ar-e 

 taken off, they lofe no time, and are not 

 retarded in their growth, which they do 

 when taken off and laid to dry, which is 

 the common method of treating them. 



BEFORE they are planted the leaves are 

 {hrivelled, and it is fome weeks after be-r 

 ing potted before they recover their proper 

 pofition. The fmall knobs that are on the 

 {terns, which are the rudiments of the 

 roots, are all dried and loft ; frefh knobs 

 muft therefore pufh befo r e there can be 

 any growth in the plants, which makes 

 it evident that the method here directed 

 forwards the plants almoit a year, and is 

 much eafier and more certain than the 

 common method that is in general prac* 

 tifed. 



BEFORE the fuekers are taken out of 



