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speculation or of rivalry, but as a festival in honour of the Rose, a 
knightly tournament not a selfish v^^ar. 
It will be sufficient for Rose growers to know that the project is 
approved by such men as Mr. Rivers and Mr. William Paul, and for 
florists to be told that a gentleman, so closely connected with this 
magazine, that it must suffice to say that his initials ever stand for 
Certain Triumph, lends his cordial and energetic aid. 
And so, farewell awhile, my brothers ! 
S. R. H. 
THE PINE APPLE. 
{Continued from page 335 .) 
Pits and Frames for growing the Plants .—For suckers just potted 
a common Melon frame, rather deeper than they are usually made, is 
the best to start with ; a bed of half stable dung and leaves mixed well 
together should be made three or four feet deep; when this becomes 
warm place on it the frame and sashes, and All up the inside with six 
inches of tan or dry ashes in which to plunge the pots. 
I am supposing the time of year July or August, and that the 
suckers have been recently taken from the plants producing fruit. Do 
not let them lie about to dry, as some recommend, but pot them at 
once, first removing the small scale-like leaves from the base of the 
sucker, when the young roots will be seen, and afterwards cutting an 
inch of the lower part of the sucker off smoothly. 
The compost I have named. The pots should be five inches over, 
and when the potting is completed plunge them to the rim of the pot 
in the tan or ashes, adjusting the frame, that when the plants are in, 
their tops shall be three or four inches from the glass. 
Throw a handful of clean straw over the glass during the middle of 
each bright day, for a fortnight. A piece of netting or thin canvas will 
answer the same end. Slight shading only is necessary. Give a little 
air to the frame early each morning ; increase this about 9 A.M., and 
again at 11. Should the thermometer kept in the frame indicate a 
higher temperature than 85^ at 3 P.M., you may reduce the air, unless 
the weather is very hot, finally closing up at 5 or 6 P.M., according to 
the weather. The heat inside the frame, after closing, may reach 95^ 
without any danger arising. Remove the shade in the afternoon, and 
at closing time sprinkle the plants over with soft water, merely damping 
them, as they will not want water at the root for a week after potting, 
when a moderate quantity should be poured over the soil in the pots. 
In ten days the plants will commence growing. In a fortnight or 
three weeks shading may be dispensed with, and a little air left on the 
frame all night, unless very cold. 
Tlie bottom heat for Pines at all times should be kept about half¬ 
way between 80° and 95°, inclining towards the latter point when the 
plants are growing, and to the former during winter ; this, however, 
for older plants than we are describing, for young plants should be kept 
