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and width, and put in them 2 in. of good rotten dung. Then fill 

 them well within, the thickness of the bulb, with rich light soii, 

 placing in each pot three bulbs of different varieties; partially 

 cover them with the same sort of soil, leaving a third part of 

 the bulbs visible. Place them in a dry situation, and give them 

 but very little water the first five weeks, increasing it with the 

 growth of the roots until they have done flowering. Add no 

 water after the leaves begin to decay ; cover the pots with litter 

 to preserve them from bursting by the frost, and place them in 

 an open shed till the blossoms begin to open. Take them out 

 of the earth as the leaves begin to decay, carefully cleaning 

 them ; but never remove the offsets until the leaves are with- 

 ered away. When the bulbs are partially dry, take off all the 

 decayed parts, separate and number each variety, placing them 

 in the day where plenty of air can be admitted until the time 

 of planting. 



I never saw a double hyacinth produce seed ; but by im- 

 pregnating the blossoms of the single hyacinth with the farina 

 of a double variety, I have succeeded in raising a fine double 

 flower. 



Art. XVIII. On the Culture of the Pine-apple tvitkout Pots, in the 

 Royal Kitchen-Gardens at Nymphenburg. By Mr. Joseph Lang, 

 Kitchen-Gardener to the King of Bavaria. 



Sir, 



The satisfaction you expressed on visiting our kitchen- 

 garden and fruit forcery, and particularly with my culture of the 

 pine-apple, induces me to submit to you the following account 

 of the latter process. 



About the middle or latter end of March, a pit, like that 

 shown in the drawing {Jigs. 91. and 92.), is filled 2 ft. deep 

 with horse-dung, and 2 ft. with mould. The mould having 

 reached a certain temperature, I put such plants in it from 

 the pine stove as already show fruit and are in vigorous 

 growth. 



Holes being made in the mould, which consists of two parts 

 of rich black soil, and one part of turfy loam, with a little 

 sheep's dung, the plants are turned out of the pots without 

 the ball being disturbed, placed in the holes, and the soil made 

 firm about them. When a row is planted (twenty-four plants 

 are contained under one sash, forming six rows in the width of 

 the pit), I place on the top of the soU, round the roots, some 

 cow-dung, several years old, and therefore thoroughly rotten, 

 and not too wet. The coldness of our climate renders it necesi- 



