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ON THE CULTURE 



Of late years great improvements have been 

 made in respect to the construction, as well as the 

 situation of hot-houses ; and on both of these 

 articles their success very essentially depends. 



Various are the opinions of the persons who have 

 written on the cultivation of the Pine-apple. In 

 this attempt of mine, I am far from meaning to de- 

 preciate the labours of those who have gone before 

 me, the only purpose of this tract being to com- 

 municate such observations as have suggested 

 themselves to me, during an experience of between 

 thirty and forty years in Pine-stoves. 



On the Varieties of the Pine-apple Plant 



It would be an endless, as well as unnecessary 

 trouble, to enumerate all the varieties of the Pine- 

 apple plant, many of which are of no other value 

 than to be kept in botanic gardens for their vari- 

 ous distinctions. 



In the year 1768 I raised above seventy Pine- 

 apple plants from some seeds that were sent to 

 the Duke of Portland, from the West Indies, most 

 of which varied in some distinctive circumstance, 

 either in their leaves or fruit. 



The result of this experiment did not, however, 

 terminate equal to my wishes; for although the 

 new varieties thus obtained were, in general, fruit 

 of great elegance and beauty, yet many of them 

 turned out of inferior quality. Probably the seed 

 might have been saved from Pines indiscrimi- 



