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ferved as Curiofities, where they 

 muft be conffantly kept in a Bark- 

 Hove ; for tho' they may be kept 

 alive in another warm Stove, yet 

 they will make very little Progrefs 

 therein, and do not appear half fo 

 beautiful, their chief Ornament be- 

 ing the Largenefs of their Leaves, 

 which are fometimes fix Feet long, 

 and near two Feet broad : but as 

 thefe Plants take up a great deal of 

 room in the Stove, efpecially when 

 they arrive to a considerable Size ; 

 fo it is not convenient to keep more 

 than one Plant of each Kind. 



During the Summer-feafon thefe 

 Plants muft be plentifully watered ; 

 for the Surface of their Leaves being 

 laFge, occafions a great Confumption 

 of Moifture,' by Perfpiration, in hot 

 Weather ; but in the Winter they 

 muft be watered more fparingly ; 

 tho 1 at that Seafon they muft be of- 

 ten refrefhed ; but Water muft not 

 be given them in fueh Quantities. 



The Pots in which thefe Plants are 

 placed mould be large, in propor- 

 tion to the Size of the Plants ; for 

 their Roots generally extend pretty 

 far ; and the Earth Ihould be rich 

 and light. The Degree of Heat 

 with which thefe Plants thrive beft, 

 is much the fame with the Anana, or 

 Pineapple, in which I have had 

 many of thefe Plants produce their 

 Fruit in Perfection ; and they were 

 near twenty Feet high. 



The moft fure Method to have 

 thefe Plants fruit in England, is, af- 

 ter they have grown for fome time 

 in Pots, fo as to have made good 

 Roots, to make them out of the 

 Pots with the Ball of Earth to their 

 Roots, and plant them into the Tan- 

 bed in the Stove, obferving to lay a 

 little old Tan near their Roots, for 

 their Fibres to ftrike into; and in a 

 i few Months the Roots of thefe 

 Plants will extend themfclves many 



Feet eachWay in the Bark ; and thefe 

 Plants will thrive a great deal fafter, 

 than thofe which are confined in Pots 

 or Tubs. When the Bark-bed wants 

 to be renewed with frefti Tan, there 

 Ihould be great Care taken of the 

 Roots of thefe Plants, not to cut or 

 break them, as alfo to leave a large 

 Quantity of the old Tan about them; 

 becaufe, if the new Tan i3 laid too 

 near them, it will fcorch their Roots, 

 and injure them. Thefe Plants muft 

 be plentifully fupplied with Water, 

 othervvife they will not thrive: iti 

 Winter they Ihould be watered every 

 other Dav, giving at leaft a Gallon 

 to each Plant ; but in Summer they 

 muft be watered every Day, and dou- 

 ble the Quantity given to them each 

 time. If the Plants pufh out their 

 Flower-ftems in the Spring, there 

 will be Hopes of their perfecting 

 their Fruit ; but when they come out 

 late in the Year, the Plants will de- 

 cay before the Fruit is ripe. The 

 Stoves in which thefe Plants are 

 placed, ftiould be at leaft twenty- 

 four Keet in Height, othervvife there 

 will not be room for their Leaves 

 to expand ; for when the Plants are 

 in Vigour, the Leaves are often eight 

 Feet in Length, and near three Feet 

 broad : fo that if the Stems grow to 

 be fixteen Feet to the Divifion of the 

 Leaves, and the Koufe is not twenty- 

 four Feet high, the Leaves will be 

 cramped, which will retard the 

 Growth of the Plants : befides, when 

 the Leaves are bent againil the Glafs, 

 there will be Danger of their break- 

 ing them, when they are growing 

 vigoroufly ; for I have had, in one 

 Night, the Stems of fuch bent 

 Leaves force thro' the Glafs ; and 

 the next Morning advanced two or 

 three Inches above the Glafs. 



I have feen fome Branches of 

 Fruit of the firft Sort, which were 

 upward of forty Pounds Weight, and 



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