138 OF THE ANANAS, 



It will be much better to keep the crowns 

 growing for another year, as they will 

 then be ftrong, fine plants, and will produce 

 large good fruit. 



IF it is intended to keep the crowns 

 growing when they are to be mifted in 

 July, cut off all the roots round the ball, 

 and leflen it fo much that there will be an 

 inch of frefh mould all round the ball, 

 when planted in the fame pot they were 

 taken out of. Plunge them in moderate 

 heat ; and two days after they are plunged 

 give them a little water to fettle the earth ; 

 but they mould have no more for ten or 

 twelve days, by which time they will be- 

 gin to pufh frefh roots, and will require 

 to be refremed with water according to the 

 heat of the weather, obferving to give them 

 plenty of air. They will not look fo 

 green and pleafant to the eye, as thole 

 plants that are kept with little air, whofe 

 leaves are long, fmall, and thin, and 

 drawn quite upright : Their leaves- will 



be fhort and broad, and grow almoft hori- 

 zontally. 5 



