144 On the Cultivation of the Pine Apple. 



Since my last paper, upon the management of the Pine 

 Apple plant was written, I have placed a few plants, which 

 have blossomed in autumn, in very high temperature, 

 (generally above that of 80°), and very near to white glass 

 of good quality, and so circumstanced, even the Queen 

 Pine Apple has swelled nearly, if not quite, as rapidly, as 

 it usually does in the best seasons of the year, and its taste 

 and flavour have been quite as good as those of that kind 

 usually are in winter. Other varieties have succeeded 

 better, and one, which I received without a name from the 

 West Indies, and which I am informed is the St. Vincent's 

 Pine Apple, acquired, in the last month, a degree of excel- 

 lence both in taste and flavour, which I have rarely found 

 equalled in any season. 



Note by the Secretary. 



A few days after this paper was read to the Society, being 

 on a visit to the President, at Downton, I had the gratification 

 of observing the condition and appearance of the Pine Apple 

 Plants described by him in the communication above referred 

 to ; the plants, which were expected to begin shewing their 

 fruit in the next month, though young, were remarkable 

 for their vigour and strength. They were grown in pots of 

 much larger size than usual, which were raised so as to bring 

 the upper leaves nearly in contact with the glass. The 

 Plants themselves were firmly rooted in the mould, their 



