TREATISE ON THE PINE- APPLE. 



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Pine-apple plant, succeed best in stoves newly erected 275 



~ — — the reasons why accounted for - ib. 



how to manage when it shows fruit in 



autumn ------ - 276 



when large, should be placed in the 



tan-bed at the time of removal, into the posi- 

 tion it before stood in 277 



. — does not suffer, like other plants, by 



being kept too dry ----- 285 



should be shaded in violently hot 



weather ------- 302 



Pine-apple, when ripe, how to know - - - 272 



■ — — how to produce large - 273 



— — how to bring into regular succession, when 



too many plants show fruit together - - 276 

 Pipe to draw water from the centre of plants, a de- 

 scription of - - - - - 287 

 Plants grow faster in the night than the day - - 301 

 Po^s, when burnt hard, are improper for the Pine plant 286 

 — — a scale of the different dimensions required for the 



Pine-apple plant in all its stages - 263 

 Providence Pine, a description of 248 



fruit of one cut at Y/elbeck in 1794, 



that weighed 5f lb. or 84 oz. 249 



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Queen Pine, a description of 247 



— its fruit often cut when in a green state - 254 



Quicksilver should be kept in the cistern that contains the 



water for the use of the hot-house - - 326 

 — neither decreases in its weight or value, by 



impregnating either hot or cold water - - ib. 

 ' a probability of its communicating its virtues 



to cold water sufficient to destroy insects - 328 

 boiling water poured upon, receives a power 



capable of destroying lice or insects - - 329 



how to make miscible with water - *> 241 



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