PREFACE. 



Gardening, as well as Agriculture, has received 

 great improvement from the industry of the pre- 

 sent age ; nor indeed is this to be wondered at, when 

 we see so many of the first characters in this coun- 

 try daily exerting themselves in support of this 

 elegant and useful art, no branch of which has 

 been deemed more important than that which 

 comprehends the management and construction of 

 stoves, for the purpose of producing fruits and 

 flowers. I therefore presume that a Treatise, 

 which has for its chief object the culture of the 

 Pine-apple, and the preservation of that plant 

 from the various attacks to which it has been 

 hitherto exposed, will not be unacceptable to the 

 admirers and encouragers of Gardening : more 

 particularly when they are informed that the fol- 

 lowing sheets contain the result of many years' 

 attention and experience. 



A good stove, well managed, affords an agree- 

 able mixture of profit and pleasure, as well by 

 accelerating the growth of many excellent kinds 



