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their Defect in not producing ripe 

 Seeds in this Country; for the Plants 

 which are produced from Seeds, will 

 be much handfomer, and will rife 

 to a much greater Height. 



If you propagate thefe Plants 

 from Seeds, you fhould fow them on 

 a warm Border of light frefh Earth, 

 toward the End of March, obferv- 

 ing always to do it in dry Weather; 

 for if much Wet mould fall after 

 the Seeds are in the Ground, they 

 will rot. If the Seeds are good, 

 and the Seafon favourable, the Plants 

 will appear in a Monih after the 

 Seeds are fovvn ; at which time you 

 mould carefully clear them from 

 Weeds ; and in very dry Weather 

 they Ihould be frequently refrefhed 

 with Water : if thefe Rules be duly 

 obferved, the Plants will be fix or 

 eight Inches high before Winter. 

 While thefe Plants are young, they 

 will be in much greater 1 Danger of 

 fuftering by Froft : therefore, if the 

 Winter fhould prove very fevere, 

 you mould fhelter them* with Mats 

 during the Continuance of the Froft; 

 but in mild Weather they fhould be 

 expofed to the open Air. In March 

 following you fhould carefully take 

 up thefe Plants, obfeiving not to 

 injure their Roots ; then you muft 

 tranfplant them into a Nurfery-bed, 

 placing them in Rows at a Foot 

 Dillance, and the Plants at fix Inches 

 Diflance in the Rows, obferving, 

 if the Seafon fhould prove dry, to 

 give them Water until they have 

 taken new Root ; after which time 

 they will require no other Culture, 

 but to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 during the Summer-feafon ; but if 

 the following Winter mould prove 

 very fevere, it will be proper to 

 fcreen them either with Mats or 

 Peas-haulm, otherwife they may be 

 deuroytd. In this Bed they may 

 remain two Years, by which time 



they will be fit to tranfplant intd 

 the Places where they are defigned 

 to remain. The beft Seafon to re- 

 move them is in March, juit before 

 they begin to fhoot ; and obferve not 

 to injure their Roots, as alfo to 

 water them, if the Seafon mould • 

 prove dry, until they have taken 

 Root; as alfo to lay fome Mulch on 

 the Surface of the Ground about 

 their Roots, to prevent the Air from 

 penetrating to dry their Fibre^which ' 

 will fave much Trouble in watering. 

 The fourth Year from Seeds thefe 

 Plants will begin to produce their, 

 Flowers, and will continue to pro- 

 duce Flowers every Year after; fo* 

 will be very proper to intermix withj 

 other flowering Shrubs of the fame; 

 Growth. 



ANANAS, The Pine-apple. 

 The Characters are ; 



// hut to a Flower con ft fling of one 

 Leaf, which is divided into three I 

 Parts, and is funnel-Jhoped : the Em* I 

 bryoes -arc produced in the Tubercles : 

 thefe afterward become a fiefoy Fruit 

 full of Juice : the Seeds, which are 

 lodged in the Tubercles, are very fmall, 

 and almofl kidney -Jh aped. 

 The Species are ; 



1 . A N a N a s acvleatus, fruclu ova to, 

 came a I hi da. Plum. Oval - fhaped 

 Pine apple, with a whitifh Flefh. 



2. Ananas aculeatut, fruclu py- 

 ramidato, came aurea. Plum. Py- 

 ramidal Pine apple, with a ye'lowifh 

 Flefh, caiied the Sugar-loaf pine. I 



3. Ananas folio vix ftrrato. I 

 Boerh. bid. Alt. 2. 83. Pine-apple I 

 with fmooth Leaves. 



4. Ananas lucide vircns t folio Hi 

 vix ferraio Hort. Elth. Pine apple I 

 with mining- green Leaves, and fcarcel v 

 any Spines on their Edges. , I J 



5. Ananas fructu fyramidatoM J 

 oliv<e colore, intus aweo. Pyramidal! 1 

 olive -colour'd Pine-apple, with all h 

 yellow Flefh. 



6, Ananas I 



