172 The Gardeners Kalendar. May.' 

 ferv^. to cleanfe their leaves and (Loots from in- 

 feds, which are very apt to infeft them in the^ 

 honfe, efpecially where the plants are much 

 crowded ; and if thefe are not waflied off in 

 time, they will greatly injure the plants, efpeci- 

 nUy the Coffee tree, which is now flowering, 

 2nd is ireq^uendy infefted with thefe Imail ver- 

 min, which at firft appear like duft upon the 

 leaves, which ihould be immediately wafhed 

 cff, otherwife they will fpread, in a (hort time, 

 over moll; of the plants. 



If the feaibn (llould prove cool, and the 

 bark-bed, in which your Ananas are placed, 

 fliould abate of its heat, you muft ftir it ifp 

 sgain, and mix a Uttle new bark with it, which 

 will renevv^ the heat, and be of great fervice in 

 forwarding the fruit : it will alfo be of great 

 fervice to the young Anana plants, which are 

 defigned for fruiting the next year j for if the 

 tan- beds are kept in a kindly heat all the fum- 

 mer, and a fufficient fliare of air admitted to 

 the plants, they will become ftrong and healthy, 

 fa capable of producing large fruit, ilnd at 

 this time you (hould ihift thofe plants which 

 sre to produce fruit the fucceeding year, if it , 

 was not done the laft m^onth, into larger pots, ! 

 that their roots may have room to fpread. Bqt 



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