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XIX. On the Cultivation of Pine Apples. In a Letter to 

 the Secretary. By Mr. William Greenshields, Gar- 

 dener to Richard Benyon de Beauvoir, Esq. F. H. S. 

 at Englefield House, in Berkshire, Corresponding Mem- 

 ber of the Horticultural Society. 



Read April 19th, 1825. 



Sir, 



In compliance with your request I have drawn up instructions 

 for the management of Pine Apples, which correspond with 

 niy practice at this place, and I beg leave to submit them 

 to the consideration of the Horticultural Society. 



In the end of August, or the beginning of September, pre- 

 pare a pit sufficiently large to contain the stock of crowns 

 and suckers. A pit of twenty-four feet long by six feet wide, 

 inside, will hold four hundred plants. Fill the pit with tan, 

 or leaves, as may be most convenient, leaving sufficient room 

 for the suckers to stand upright, without touching the glass, 

 but no more. After the mass of tan or leaves has been levelled, 

 lay upon it about two inches and a half in depth of old dry 

 mushroom bed dung, or half rotten leaves, mixed with a quan- 

 tity, equal to about one-fourth part of the entire mass, of light 

 mould. Tread the whole down firm, and let it remain a few 

 days, till the heat begins to decline. When all danger of 

 burning is over, stick in the crowns and suckers, in rows, as 

 thick as they will stand, and about one inch and a half deep, 



