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necessary that the pots should be sound and well 

 burnt, otherwise they are very apt to rot and 

 tumble to pieces ; indeed, there is a very great 

 difference in the quality of pots, but in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, very excellent red pots 

 may be obtained at half-a-crown or three shillings 

 per cast, the price per cast being the same for 

 all sizes. 



DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF PINES, WITH OBSER- 

 VATIONS RELATIVE TO THEIR NATURE AND 

 CULTURE. 



Par. 7. It would seem, that the different va- 

 rieties of pines have greatly increased in number 

 within the last few years, but it is doubtful 

 whether many of those are not renamed, with a 

 view which some have of gleaning a little extra 

 notoriety in the horticultural kingdom, by be- 

 coming the supposed original propagator or 

 introducer of a new fruit ; indeed, the system 

 has become so prevalent, that it has caused 

 considerable confusion in the naming of many 

 kinds of fruits. I shall therefore proceed to 

 furnish a plain original list of names, with their 



