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palace at Ham, attended by two of his 

 favourite breed of spaniels, where Rose, the 

 royal gardener, is presenting his Majesty with 

 the first pine-apple. This picture was in 

 the collection of the celebrated Horace Wai- 

 pole, whose descriptive account informs us, 

 that it was bequeathed by Mr. London to 

 the Rev. Mr. Pennicott, of Ditton, by whom 

 it was presented to himself. He adds, the 

 painting is supposed to be by Daneker. It 

 is probable that the method of raising the 

 ananas not being correctly understood, the 

 plants were, by some accident, lost in this 

 country, until they were introduced a second 

 time. 



By an engraving of the pine-apple, which 

 was published by Robert Furber, gardener, 

 at Kensington, in the year 1733, we may 

 judge that the raising of pines was not then 

 brought to any degree of perfection, as the 

 fruit is represented short, having not more 

 than four or five protuberances in height, and 

 the crown appears small and weak. From 

 the drawings of the other fruits, which seem 

 to be from fine specimens, it is natural to 

 suppose that this fruit was also copied from 

 the best pine then produced. 



We have now a considerable variety of 

 this exquisite fruit, and new kinds are fre- 



