238 The Gardeners Kalendar. July. 

 the earth in the pots will dry too faft : this 

 ihould alfo be pradifed in fuch fmall floves, 

 where the glafles are near the plants 5 for in 

 large airy ftovcs, where the glafles are at a 

 dlftance, they will not require fhading, pro- 

 vided the glaffcs are drawn down ko admit a 

 fufficient portion of air to the plants. 



Stir up the tan of fuch beds whofe heat be- 

 gins to decline, and add a little new bark to 

 them, which will renew the heat, and caufe 

 it to continue a confiderable time Ioniser : at 

 the fame time fuch plants as require it fliould 

 now be (hified, giving them larger pots, if their 

 roots have been confined in their former pots. 



The Ananas will now ripen very faft, if the 

 feafon is warm : therefore when the fruit is cut 

 from the plants, the pots with the old plants 

 (hould be plunged into a warm bed, to force 

 out the fuckers early enough to take off before- 

 winter 'y in order to which, they (hould have 

 their large leaves fhortened, and all the under 

 leaves flaould be ftripped off, which will caufe 

 the fuckers to pufli out very foon. 



Where the Anana plants, which are to fruit 

 the next feafon, have filled the pots with their 

 roots, they may be now fhifted into the pots 

 they are to ftand in to bear fruit : by doing this 

 fg early in the year, they will have time to 



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