438 PINE APPLES. 



tinge, mealy ; spines small and close. Fruit pyramidal, 

 or longish oval, the largest of the whole tribe of Pines ; 

 pips very large, flat.* Flesh very pale, sweet, and full 

 of juice. 



Weight generally from six to eight pounds ; but it 

 frequently, under good management, will attain the 

 weight of from twelve to fourteen pounds. 



A Selection of Pine Apples for a small Garden. 



Black Antigua - 3 Queen - 23 



Black Jamaica - 4 Ripley * - 24- 



Enville &$ 8 Russian Globe - 27 



New Black Jamaica - 18 White Providence - 37 



Propagation and Cultivation. 



It is known to every Pine-grower, that this species 

 of fruit is increased by suckers, and by its crown. 



In its cultivation it is managed in various ways by 

 different gardeners, and with different degrees of suc- 

 cess. One of the best methods, without entering into 

 any lengthened detail of operations, seems to be that 

 which has been recommended by Mr. Sweet, which is, 

 to pot the young plants in a mixture of one third loam 

 and two thirds of half-decayed leaves, in which they 

 root very freely ; they may then be plunged in frames, 

 or a stove, but not in too much bottom heat, as that 

 will injure their roots, as is often done by those who ex- 

 pect to force them on by bottom heat, but who by tnat 

 means kill their plants, or injure them so much that they 

 never perfectly recover. They do not consider that 

 giving plants a strong bottom heat is working against 

 nature; for in their native climate it is the sun that 



* It must be observed, that when speaking of the pips of Pines 

 being prominent or flat, it is to be understood that they are so 

 at the time when the fruit is fully ripe. 



