Lately published, price 5s., 



A PRACTICAL TREATISE 



ON THE 



CULTURE OF THE PINE-APPLE. 



By DAVID THOMSON, 



Gardener to His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch at Drumlanrig. 



" The name of the author, one of the very best gardeners in the British Islands, guarantees 

 that this volume contains no directions that are not sound and tested by experience. He 

 says that his object was to be as strictly practical as possible : he has attained his object, 

 and we commend the work to any of our readers who need truthful information on pine-apple 

 culture. One or two extracts will give an idea of its contents." — The Journal of Horticulture. 



" Having read Mr Thomson's work through before attempting to say a word about it, we 

 gladly pronounce it the best work extant upon this important subject. In size and style it 

 is a companion work to his brother's on the vine, and, like that excellent book, it deals" with 

 work all through in a plain workmanlike way— not a word wasted, not a secret held back, not 

 a point forgotten. . . . The work now before us is destined to take its place on the shelf 

 appropriated to the gems of horticultural literature." — The Gardener's Magazine. 



"A cheap, concise, and complete directory for the guidance of pine-apple growers, the re- 

 sult of long and eminently successful practical experience."— T/ie Farmer. 



WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, Edinburgh and London. 



