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adopted, obtain the same result, and yet they still 

 fondly believe that they continue at the head of this 

 branch of their profession. "When they see announced 

 that heavier pines are procured in various gardens, 

 some of them doubt, others flatly contradict the state- 

 ment, while a third section cry out at the injury occa- 

 sioned them by such announcements. "Where are 

 these gardens of Bicton," says one, " in which 

 Queens average above 5^1bs. ?" He does not give 

 himself the trouble to consult his map, which would 

 have told him that they are near Sidmouth, and be- 

 long to Lady Rolle. 



So far is pine-growing from having reached its 

 acme that it is the opinion of persons well capable of 

 judging correctly, that we shall some day have Queen 

 pine apples of lOlbs. weight. We do not think this 

 improbable, for we can perceive no reason to the con- 

 trary, and much in favour of the expectation. In 

 short, now that pine apples are treated like tropical 

 plants, there is a chance for them to attain super-ex- 

 cellence ; whilst, so long as gardeners persevered in 

 docking their roots, the wonder was that the pines did 

 not refuse to grow at all. (Gard. Chron. 1845, 815.) 



With regard to the objection, that some gardeners, 

 by growing large pines, injure those who grow those 

 which are smaller, this can only happen, and justly, 

 to those who will not do better. What a gardener 

 should do, is to set before his master the relative ex- 



