13^ The Gardener's New Director. 

 you have a dry fcil, the front of the ftove may rife two 

 feet above the furface, and have upright windows in 

 both ends. The full expence for ereSing and com- 

 pleating this (love, will be near forty-eight pounds, and 

 the annual charge for repairs about five. 



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unlefs they enjoy a temperature of air, approaching to 

 that of the Jeveral countries from v.'hence they are 

 brought; therefore, whoever is inchnable to preferve a 

 large colleOion of plants from different countries, mufl 

 contrive to have two or three of thtfe ftoves, each of 

 which fliould be kept in a different temperature of 

 warmth; and the plants fliould be alio adapted to the 

 leveral degrees of heat, as they fhall require to preferve 

 them; and as the far greater number of floves, which 

 have been ereQed in England, are defigned for the cul- 

 ture of the Ananas only, fo I fhall add a defcription and 

 plans of tv/o forts ot ffoves, of the leaft expence in 

 building, for this purpofe; fo that whoever is inclinable 

 to ere6t a ffove for ripening the Anaras, mav, by at- 

 tending to the plans and defcriptions, direct the building 

 and contriving fuch ftoves as they are defirous to have, 

 or according to the number of fruit propofed to be ri- 

 pened annually. 



The firft fort of (love is that which is defigned for the 

 the plants which produce the fruit the fame year; for as 

 the plants do not generally fruit, until the fiecond year 

 from their beins taken from the old plants, whether 

 they are fuckers taken from the fide of the plant, or 

 crowns taken from the fruit, if tliey fruit the fucceed- 

 ing year, the fruit will be fmall ; therefore, when they 

 arc properly managed, they v/ill not produce their fruit 

 until the fecond year ; by which time they will have 

 cbtained ftrer>gth to produce large fruit, in which their 

 greAiGii value confitls ; for although there are feveral 

 varieties of this fruit, wliich differ in degrees of good- 

 nefs, as in moft other fruits ; yet they may all of them 

 be improved in their fiz^, without diminilhing their ex- 

 cellencies in tafle ; though I know thrre are fome per-» 

 funs of a contrary opinion, and who believe, that the 



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