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of the preceding Tolume. The picture, we are ohlig- 

 ingly informed by Professor Henslow, represents a 

 pine apple of the full size, with this contemporary in- 

 scription beneath. 



Perenni Memoriae 

 Matthsei Decker Baronetti 

 et 



Theodori Netscher Armigeri 

 Strobilus hie 

 Regio convivio dignatus 

 Istius impensis Richmondiae crevit 

 Hiijus arte etiamnum crescere videtur. 



He Watkins, inscripsit, a.d. 1/20. 



In the East Indies, the pine apple is so abundant 

 that it is universally substituted by Europeans for 

 the common apple of our more temperate climate. 

 Thus, pine apple sauce with goose, and pine apple 

 fritters, are the every-day preparations in the Calcutta 

 kitchens. 



The utility of the pine apple is not confined, how- 

 ever, to its excellence as a dessert fruit. Scarfs and 

 other most beautiful articles of dress are imported 

 into the Calcutta markets from Manilla and other 

 islands of the China seas, manufactured from the 

 fibres of the pine apple leaves. 



We saw two skeins of fibre made from the leaves 

 of the wild pine apple, and two net-bags made from 

 the same material, which were sent from Gowhatty, 

 in Assam, by Captain Jenkins, to the Horticultural 

 Society of India. The sample was not sufficient for 



