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" The Mauritius Pine is very well known in the Straits. It 

 has narrow leaves of a distinct reddish colour, and very small 

 bright yellow cylindric fruit usually about 4 to 6 inches long, 

 the flesh is rather firm and yellow, and of exceptionally delicate 

 flavour, too small for ordinary tinning, but considered the best 

 eating pine here. It is perhaps what Miller calls Ananassa 

 serotina, the St. Vincent or Green Olive Pine. 



" The Spineless Guatemala Pine is described by Mr. J. C. 

 Harvey, of Mexico, who sent suckers of it fc<> the Botanic 

 Gardens, Singapore, as having- smooth leaves without spines. 

 A smooth, not shouldered, not conical fruit, weighing about 

 7 lbs., the flesh almost white. He recommends it as a high 

 class fruit. 



" Among ornamental and curious pines, the variegated pine, 

 with leaves marked with red and white, and a bright red fruit, 

 is well known in gardens. The fruit, which is very handsome, 

 is usually rather poor in flavour. A very ornamental kind, has 

 reddish green leaves and a crimson red fruit, very showy, but 

 poor eating. Hen and Chicken Pine, with a number of small 

 fruits surrounding the central one, which is yellow and has the 

 conic shape of the Sugar Loaf Pine, is a well-known curiosity. 



Propagation. 



Pines can be propagated by means of the off-shoots or suckers 

 from among the lower leaves of the p>ants. They are pulled or 

 cut oir and allowed to dry a little in the sun and then planted. 

 Some planters in other parts of the world recommend that they 

 should not be allowed to dry thus, but this depends really on 

 the humidity of the season and climate. These suckers, if 

 sufficiently dry, will travel well for a long distance. They 

 should be wrapped in tinfoil or some such material. If sent 

 damp they will quickly rot, as they will if packed at all damp 

 in bulk. Several suckers of the Spineless Guatemala Pine were 

 lately received from Mexico, sent through the post, wrapped in 

 tinfoil, by Mr. J. C. Harvey, and arrived in the best condition. 

 These suckers should fruit in twelve to fifteen months after- 

 planting. Some varieties of pines send out subterranean shoots, 

 ratoons which can be utilized. The suckers selected for planting 

 should be, according to a writer in the Jamaica Bulletin, strong 

 fresh ones 12 to 15 inches long, but those used here are 

 generally much shorter. The lowest leaves are usually pulled 

 on before planting, so as to allow a bare piece of stem to fix the 

 plant in the ground. 



