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Mr. Barnes, therefore, is quite right in observing that 

 success in pine culture does not depend upon the ex- 

 pense bestowed in erecting the pit, nor in applying to 

 it a heating apparatus of great efficiency ; neither is 

 it secured by obtaining vigorous plants of the best 

 varieties ; nor by procuring the soil, without regard to 

 expence, from the locality from whence it is well 

 known some celebrated cultivator procured his soil. 

 Neither is success dependent upon a precise quantity 

 of any kind of manure, either in a solid or liquid 

 state ; nor upon drainage, nor upon repotting, nor on 

 the size of the pot, nor on a certain season of shift- 

 ing. So neither is it obtained by the application of just 

 one certified degree of heat, either at bottom or top ; 

 nor one stated method of applying air and humidity. 

 None of these circumstances alone, nor even a major 

 part of them, will secure excellence in the growth of 

 this fruit; all are requisite, but, above all, foresight and 

 attention ; applying the whole of the requisites in com- 

 bination and uniformity with each other. 



Coinciding fully with this opinion, we rejoice in being 

 able to place before our readers the results of the expe- 

 rience of two such men as Mr. Barnes and Mr. Erring- 

 ton. The latter has obliged us with the following 

 Calendar of operations, and we have placed within 

 brackets the directions furnished to us by Mr. 

 Barnes upon the same periods of the pine apple's 

 growth. 



