130 OF THE ANANAS, 



fhould be admitted by the back-doors into 

 the med. 



AFTER this fhifting they may remain 

 longer than they did after any of the for- 

 mer, as they have now a good large ball 

 of earth to fupport them, and may now 

 fafely grow in the fame pots to the mid- 

 dle of Auguft, when they may be planted 

 in the pots they are to fruit in ; at which 

 time they fhould have all the fmall drag- 

 gling roots cut off clofe to the ball. 



THERE is a great advantage in putting 

 the fruiting-plants early into their fruit- 

 ing-pots, as there will be much fine wea- 

 ther after, that time (the middle of Au- 

 guft) they may have a good deal of air 

 while they are getting new roots ; and as 

 the bark will be warmer at this fhifting 

 than after any of the former, there will 

 be an opportunity, when the weather is 

 fine, of giving a good deal of air, the 

 plants will thrive, grow ftiff and ftrong, 

 and produce good fruit ; and as the pots 



will 



