OR PINE-APPLE. 125 



the bark, there fhould be a proper bed 

 ready., and the heat pretty ftrong ; for as 

 they are to be planted in penny pots, and 

 the roots not fuppofed to reach the fides of 

 the pots (for reafons before given) they 

 will grow much better if the heat is pretty 

 good. 



As foon as they have been plunged a 

 day give them a little water to fettle the 

 mould to the roots, and they will not re- 

 quire any more for ten or fifteen days ; 

 after that time they fhould be watered at 

 leaft twice a week, and if the weather is 

 dry and hot, it will greatly encourage them 

 to fprinkle them with water once a week, 

 xmlefs it be late in the feafon, when the 

 nights are long. 



THEIR being (hut up without air fup- 

 plies the leaves with moifture without 

 fprinkling, as the houfe will be fufficient- 

 ly damp all that time ; neither Ihould 

 there be any water allowed to fall into their 

 hearts in the winter ; but it is an advan- 

 tage 



