It has been already stated that this plant is an inhabitant of the tropics, and it may be added, near the 
level of the sea. The latter circumstance it is necessary to remark, because if it were a mountain plant, 
even though tropical, it might be natural for it to endure a comparatively low degree of temperature. But 
according to Beyrich ( Gardener's Magazine, iii. 442), f the pine-apple in its wild state is found near the sea- 
shore, the sand accumulated there in downs serving for its growth, as well as for that of most of the species 
of the same family. The place where the best pine-apples are cultivated is of a similar nature. In the sandy 
plains of Praya Velha and Praya Grande, formed by the receding of the sea, and in which no other plant 
will thrive, are the spots where the pine-apple grows best.’ The temperature at the level of the sea, at, or 
near the equator, varies but little throughout the year ; for instance, the mean temperature of the warmest 
month at Cumana, 10° 27' N. lat., is, according to Humboldt, 84*38°, and that of the coldest 79*16°. At 
Havanna, on the skirt of the tropics, the mean of the warmest month is 83*84°; that of the coldest 69*98°. 
At Vera Cruz the mean temperatures of the warmest and coldest months are respectively 81*86° and 7l’06°. 
In that charming passage where Thomson calls on Pomona, to convey him to her citron groves, he 
thus apostrophizes the splendid fruit which we have described : — 
Oft in humble station dwells 
Unboastful worth, above fastidious pomp! 
Witness, thou best Anana, thou the pride 
Of vegetable life, beyond whate’er 
The poets imag’d in the golden age. 
Quick let me strip thee of thy tufty coat, 
Spread thy ambrosial stores, and feast with Jove ! 
Nor is the following extract from Cowper inapplicable : — 
Grudge not, ye rich, (since luxury must have 
His dainties, and the world’s more numerous half 
Lives by contriving delicates for you) 
Grudge not the cost. Ye little know the cares, 
The vigilance, the labour, and the skill, 
That day and night are exercised, and hang, 
Upon the ticklish balance of suspense ; 
That ye may garnish your profuse regales 
With summer fruits brought forth by wintry suns. 
Ten thousand dangers lie in wait to thwart 
The process. Heat and cold, and wind and steam, 
Moisture and drought, mice, worms, and swarming flies, 
Minute as dust, and numberless, oft work 
Dire disappointment, that admits no cure, 
And which no care can obviate. It were long, 
Too long, to tell the expedients and the shifts, 
Which he that fights a season so severe 
Devises, while he guards his tender trust ; 
And oft at last in vain. 
Pine-apple-cream. Infuse the rind of a pine-apple in boiling cream, and proceed as in other creams, 
only this cream is almost always moulded and freezed [frozen] . 
Pine-apple water ice of fresh or preserved fruit. Take a half-pint of pine-apple syrup, the juice of 
three lemons, a pint of water, and a few slices of pine-apple in dice, — freeze. For fresh pine-apple, take a 
pint of syrup to a pound of grated fruit, and half a pint of water ; rub through a sieve and freeze. 
Meg Dods’ Cookery, 5th edit. pp. 348 — 9. 
In Les Francois. Meeurs Contemporainres, it is said of the physician, c est lui qui a invente la salade 
d' Ananas. 
In the language of flowers the Pine- Apple signifies “ you are perfect.” 
