By Mr. Donald Munro. 



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First introduced into notice by Mr. Miller, of the Bristol Nur- 

 sery ; but its origin is unknown. Readily distinguished from all 

 others by its flaccid waved leaves, which never acquire the rigid, 

 erect character of the Queen Pine and its varieties. From its 

 peculiar habit, it has been considered in the work above quoted, as 

 a distinct species. It fruits in about two years from the sucker. 



3. King Pine. 



Syn. King. Speechlys Treatise, 2nd Ed. p. 15. 

 Grass-Green King. i 



Common King. £ Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 46. 



Old King. ) 



Havannah. NicoVs Gard. Kal. 4th Ed. p. 304. 

 Ananas viridis inermis, of the French. 



Leaves rather long, somewhat broad and keel-shaped, margins destitute of spines and 

 sometimes a little undulated, of a clear shining yellowish green, and entirely free from 

 mealiness ; its growth is also very peculiar, the centre leaves embrace each other very 

 closely and require considerable force to separate them. Flowers purple. Fruit 

 cylindrical inclining to ovate of a bright olive colour before ripening, bright orange when 

 ripe, flesh yellow, opaque, firm, and free from fibre, sweet and pleasant with only very 

 ftttle acid. Crown large, leaves embracing each other in the centre. 



This Pine according to Martin in his Edition of Miller's Dic- 

 tionary, " was raised from seeds taken out of a rotten fruit which 

 came from the West Indies to Henry Heathcote, Esq. ;" it is a 

 very handsome middle sized fruit, generally weighing from three 

 to four pounds, but is rather tardy in fruiting. It, and the other 

 smooth leaved varieties, require less water and more heat than the 

 other sorts. 



4. Fisiierwick Striped Globe Pine. 

 Syn. Fisiierwick Striped Globe. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 34. 



Readily distinguished from all others by its leaves; in appearance somewhat resembles 

 the King Pine, but differs in the following particulars. The leaves have weak irregular 

 spines on their margins, they are rather of a darker green, slightly tinged with pale 



