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tliat it may be raifed in its heat a little pfevious to watering 

 the plants with it. 



Some have attempted the culture of the pine-apple with- 

 out the alTiflance of hot-houfcs, or ftoves conilru6l<.d for 

 the purpofe, fimply by common deep garden frames;, and 

 dung hot-beds, aided by occafional linings, in order to pro- 

 mole and keep up a regular degree of heat ; but this i.» a very 

 ■jmperfctl method, and leldom attended with much fiiccefs. 



The injuries to which theft plants are chiefly expoftd 

 during their growth, are brown and wiiite fcaly iiifciHs, of 

 the coccus tribe, and the ant. But as the lall is ft-ldom leen, 

 if the former be not prefcnt, Mr. Nicol concludes that their 

 prefence is in confequence of that of the infeO^ts on which 

 they feem to feed. And the brown fcaly infcA is conceived 

 to be no furtlier injurious, than by difcolouring the plants; 

 but the white fcaled, or bug, is of the i'"ioil mifchievous 

 nature to the plants, as, where it abounds, they never fuc- 

 ceed well. In order to remove them, Mr, Nicol found the 

 following method anfwcr perfeftly, in a cafe where the 

 plants were greatly afTeftcd. Having prepared a llrong 

 heat for the plants in t!ie bark bed of the nurfing pits, he 

 fliook out and cut every fibre from their roots, whereby 

 they were rendered the fame as fuckers at tirit, not except- 

 ing thofe that were in fruit, fome of which were jull in 

 flower, dipped them into a hquor prepared by boiling two 

 pounds of foft foap and flower of iulphur, with one pound 

 of roll tobacco, and two ounces of mix vomica, in eight 

 gallons of water to lix ; put them into pots of fix inches 

 diameter, and plunged them to the brims ; kept up a fire 

 heat to about 75^, gave them but little air, (hading them 

 in fun-ihine, and afterwards gave them plentiful water- 

 ings over head with the fame mixture, reduced to about 

 half its former ilrength. He continued this treatment 

 for two whole months ; at the end of which he again 

 (hook out their roots, and wafhed the whole plants in pure 

 water, put them into frefli pots of eight inches diameter, 

 and re-plunged them into a kindly heat in another nurfing 

 pit, treating them in all rcfpefts as any other plants. He 

 never faw a veftige of the bug afterwards ; a few of thofe 

 plants that were (hewn, however, died, but the others, he 

 obfervcd, produced fuch fruit as might be expected from 

 plants of fuch fizes of any other kind. 



I'lme of AlaturaUon, and culling of llie Frull. The com- 

 mon feafon for the ripening ot this fort of fruit is from 

 June till September; but from Auguft to the end of the 

 latter month is the principal period of their attaining to 

 the greatefl perfeftion. Mr. Nicol remarks, that fome 

 kinds put forth fuckers at the bafe of the fruit, which 

 fhould be rubbed off as they appear ; others put forth 

 fuckers from the root ; and as thcfe are not proper 

 to be taken into the Hock, they Ihould a!fo be twilled 

 off, or otherwife dcllroyed, as they appear. It is added, 

 that if a plant were to be diverted of all its fuckers, the 

 fruit would open to a much larger fize in confequence ; but 

 as this vi'afte ultimately tends to the extirpation of the whole 

 ftock, it is by no means advifable. It is proper, however, 

 to reduce the number of fuckers on the plant to two or 

 three at moil, which fhould be done in the May (hifting ; 

 and as the fuckers are about half grown at the time, the 

 cultivator is enabled to choofe the bell, and at the fame 

 time to eafily dellroy the others, by breaking out their 

 hearts. Where the increaie of the Hock is the objefl, all 

 fuckers, even at the root, ihould be encouraged in their 

 growth. As fome of the kinds alfo grow on long foot- 

 ilalks, which are apt to bend down as the fruit gets heavy, 

 they Ihould be fupported by fmall (lakes, or other means, as 

 when the fruit falls over the Halk, it is liable to be bruifedj and 

 the nourifhment of the fruit retarded. 



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This fort of fruit lofes much of its flavour, when fuffered 

 to grow till fully ripe ; wliere not prevented, it (hould there- 

 fore always be cut by the time it has attained a greeniih 

 yellow colour, and eiiiier left in the heart ot the old plants, 

 or laid on the wall-plate, S:c. in the (love for a few days, 

 after it has been feparated from the Hem. 



The fign of the fruit having attained perfection in mofl 

 kinds, is that ot their alTuming a fine golden cohur, with a 

 delightfully fragrant fmell ; at whicli time it Ihould always 

 be removed. The method of performing which, is Ly 

 having feveral niches of the llems with it, and alfo the crown 

 of leaves at the top. It is eaten in the highell perfedlion (oon 

 after being cut ; but when required, it may be prelerved for 

 feveral weeks, by putting tlie Htm into a bottle of pure 

 water, renewed every two or thiee days, and placed in a 

 well dried room of above 60"^ of heat. 



The cultivation of the other fptcies may be performed 

 either by fowing the feeds obtained from abroad, in the au- 

 tumn or fpring months, in pots plun;;ed in the hot-beds of 

 the (love, or by means of f ickers, in tlie manner of the pine- 

 apple plants. They mud be kept conlhuitly in the (love, 

 where they afford much variety, when pi'operly managed, iu 

 afTemhlagc with other plants ot the fame lort. 



BROMFEII-D, WutiAM, in Bio^rnphy, who, in a 

 long courfe of praftice, attained to the highcll degree of 

 reputation in his profcdion, was born in London, in the 

 year 17 12, and was initiated in the praftice of forgery, im- 

 der Mr., afterwards ferjeant, Ranby. With fuch a precep- 

 tor, and with a mind fufceptible of information, he early 

 found himftlf capable of practifing on his own account. la 

 the year 1741 he began to give leftures in anatomy and 

 furgery, and foon found his theatre crowded with pupils. 

 Two or three years after, in conjunilion with the reverend 

 Mr. Madan, he formed the plan of the Lock hofpital, for 

 the fole reception of that unfortunate clafs of patients, who 

 are affecled with the venereal difcafe. By a ilre;ng and for- 

 cible appeal to the humanity of the public, and by (liewing 

 the advantages that ultimately might redound to them, from 

 the improvements that might be expected to be made, in 

 fuch an afylum, in the method of treating that frightful 

 difeafe ; a fubfcription was raifed fufficient to enable the 

 projedlors of it to ertCt the preftnt fpacious and handfome 

 building, but not for its maintenance, wliich is Hill effefted 

 by voluntary contributions. To this hofpital Mr. Brom- 

 feild was made lurgeon, an office he filled with advantage to 

 the patients and credit to himfelf for many years. With a 

 view of contributing to its fuccefs, he altered an old comedy, 

 " The City Match," written in i6,;9, by Jafpar Maine, 

 and procured it to be acled at Drury-laiit theatre, in tlie 

 year 17^5, for the benefit of the holpital. He was alfo, 

 very early after its being inllituted, elected one of the fur- 

 gcons to St. George's hofpital. In the year 1761, he was 

 appointed in the iuite of the noble perfons, who were fent 

 to bring over the princefs of Mecklei;burgh, our ptefent 

 queen, and was foon after appointed (iirgeon to her majeily's 

 houfthold. In the year 175 1, he fent to the Royal Society a 

 cafe of a woman who had a foetus in her abdomen nine years, 

 which is printed in their tranfaftions for the fame year. In 

 17J7, he publiflied an account of the Englilh night fhades, 

 the internal ufe of which had been recommended in fcrophu- 

 lous cafes ; but they had failed in producing the txpedted 

 benefit with him. Under their ufe, the ulcers became 

 worfe ; they occafioned thirll, dimntfs of fight, and, if not. 

 cautioufly given, death. In 1759, he gave " A Narrative 

 of a Phyfical Tranfadtion with Mr. .'Vylet, Surgeon, at 

 Windfor." This is a controverlial piece, and the author 

 clears himfelf from the imputation of having treated his 

 antagonift improperly. In 1767, he publilhed, " Thoughts 



concerning 



