ON THE CULTURE 



rally small, (by gardeners usually called gills,) and 

 therefore of much less value than the former. 

 Suckers, too, will sometimes arise from the bottom 

 of the stem at the root of the plant ; and in that 

 situation they are generally well rooted when 

 grown to a proper size to be taken off. 



Suckers are preferable to crowns, being gene- 

 rally of a much larger size ; the goodness of either 

 does not at all depend on the length of their leaves, 

 but on the substance of their stems at the bottom. 

 I have sometimes had crowns that measured, at 

 their bottoms, more than nine inches in circum- 

 ference, and in such a case they are equal almost 

 to any suckers. 



Crowns which grow upon late autumnal fruit, 

 are commonly larger than those produced earlier in 

 the season. 



On raising the Pine from Seed, 



I believe that there have been but few instances 

 of the Pine-apple perfecting its seed in this country. 

 And I have been informed that the seeds are so 

 scarce in the West Indies, that there is seldom 

 more than one found even in thirty or forty fruit. 



When the seeds of the Pine are sent into this 

 country, it will be 'advisable to keep them in a 

 warm room till the latter end of March, or begin- 

 ning of April. At that season the seed will be 

 more likely to vegetate than if sown earlier in 

 the year. 



Pots should be prepared, and filled with very 



