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On the Cultivation of the Pine Apple. 



and retaining their organic form,. particularly if the pots be 

 large, relatively to the size of the plants, which, I think, they 

 always ought to be, for the mode of culture recommended. 

 I have used, with advantage, the haulm of beans cut into 

 lengths of about an inch. 



Very contrary to the conclusions which I should have been 

 led to draw from writings upon the culture of the Pine Apple, 

 I have constantly found that my plants succeed best in the 

 part of my house where the flue first enters, and where the 

 temperature is very high, varying from about 85° to 105°, and 

 the air excessively dry. I have pointed out this circum- 

 stance to every gardener, whom I have seen in my house, 

 and all have expressed their astonishment at the circum- 

 stance. I expected that this excess of heat would have 

 occasioned the plants to shew fruit prematurely, but 

 this has not occurred in a single instance. What would 

 be the quality of the fruit, if it were to be ripened in so 

 high a temperature, I have not yet had an opportunity of 

 knowing. 



In raising young plants, I have deviated from the ordinary 

 mode of practice by breaking off the suckers when very 

 young ; that is, when they are not more than four, or five 

 inches long. The fruit is much benefited by their absence ; 

 and the cuttings, if placed very close together in a hot-bed, 

 are made to emit roots with little trouble, and afford better 

 plants than they do when they are suffered to remain Jong 

 upon the parent stem. When the whole are removed at an 

 early period, one or more very strong suckers usually spring 

 out below the level of the soil ; and from these, suffering only 

 one to remain attached to the parent stem, and preserving 



