176 OF THE ANANAS, 



To four barrows of mould add one 

 pound of the powder, and let it be Well 

 mixed. Three-halfpenny pots will be a 

 proper frze for the fruiting-plants, a little 

 mould being firft put into them. The 

 plant mould be held lip by the hand, and 

 the mould put in amongft the roots, fo 

 that there may be mould between them, 

 and none of them clofe together. They 

 mould all lay eafy, and not be twifted, 

 arid kept an inch or two from the fides of 

 the pots. The mould mould be fattened 

 all round the fides of the pot, the plant 

 made faft at the neck, and plunged as 

 foon as poffible. 



THE day after the large plants afe 

 plunged they mould have a little water, 

 which mould not be poured amongft the 

 bottom leaves, but all over the tops of 

 the pots : they will require no more for 

 ten days, by which time they will begin 

 to have fome young roots, fo that they 

 muft be refreshed with water according to 

 the heat of the weather, and the water 



mould 



