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VARIETIES OF FRUITS 



CHOICE VARIETIES OF FRUITS, FLOWERS, ETC., 

 IN THE PINERY. 



Par. 23. — Both in the main pinery, and the 

 succession house, various sorts of exotics may be 

 preserved and forwarded on shelves erected for 

 the purpose, or elsewhere where there is room, 

 particularly such (whether succulent, herbaceous, 

 or woody kinds) which are from similar hot 

 climates to those of the pine, as the heat and 

 management suited to the pine will generally 

 suit the other, the greatest difference in the 

 culture being in potting, and the different soils, 

 which are best suited for the varieties that may 

 be introduced, which must be left to the judg 

 ment of the cultivator, but for the most part the 

 soil recommended for pines, or of such a nature, 

 will be suitable for stove plants, except some of 

 the succulents ; and those particularly which are 

 very full of moisture, should be planted in a 

 light rubbishy or sandy compost, for when the 

 stalks and leaves are by nature full of humidity, 

 if planted in rich moist earth they are liable to 

 rot. 



