144 OF THE ANANAS, 



IT may be objected to this management, 

 that the frequent fhifting will retard the 

 growth of the plants, and that they would 

 be much larger if they had been lefs mift- 

 ed ; granted : they would have been 

 much taller, but would not have half the 

 fubftance. Amort-leafed, ftrong plant will 

 produce much larger and better fruit than 

 thofe that are longer leafed ; they indeed 

 are more mewy to the eye, being of a 

 darker green, and look more vigorous ; 

 but they produce fmaller fruit : neither are 

 they fo high-flavoured as plants that have 

 more air. 



HAVING gone through the manage- 

 ment of the plants in all their different 

 ages, I (hall now proceed to give fome 

 directions about the moulds they mould 

 be planted in at the different times of 

 of fhifting, which has fucceeded very well 

 with me for many years. 



To make good mould for pines, there 



fhould 



