FEBRUARY. 
53 
the chronicles of the town and Chapter make no mention of any harm 
having befallen this famous tree, which for centuries has been considered 
one of the lions of the district. The vault in which it grows is open 
to the rain, and this is put down as a proof that the tree could not have 
been planted after the cathedral was built. The trunk, eleven inches 
in diameter, is conducted through an opening in the wall, which is five 
feet thick, and then reaches outside some inches above the surface of the 
ground, from whence two old branches and three younger arms spread 
out with their twigs and leaves, and cover a space twenty feet in height 
and twenty-four feet in breadth, being arranged on a sort of iron railing 
on the eastern side of the vault. This tree has been an object of especial 
interest to the Chapter from the building of the cathedral; and botanists 
attribute its present size to the fact of its being sheltered from frosts and 
storms by the different buildings and cloisters of the cathedral, and from 
the touch of rude hands, by trellis-work. Bishop Hepilo (1054-1079) 
had it carefully spread out on the outer wall, built by him, and placed 
in the archives a record of this, as also a description of the massive 
vault built under the high altar for the reception of its roots. The 
opening in the wall was made about 1120 ; the tree was in high esteem 
in the thirteenth century.’ Thus ends the history of this most remark¬ 
able rose-tree. I have only to regret that its species is not mentioned; 
but as it is in the legend called a Wild Rose, it is probably Rosa 
canina or the Dog Rose. This I hope ere long to ascertain.” 
We may add that we cannot too heartily recommend this excellent 
little work to the notice of our readers. It contains 207 pages of 
excellent practical matter. 
THE PINE-APPLE. 
[Continued from page 366 .) 
I left the young plants in December in pits, heated either by dung 
linings or hot-water pipes, and covered by night with protecting 
materials, so as to maintain a temperature of 65°, which may be 
allowed to advance to 75° or 80° on sunny days, on which occasion 
air should be given rather liberally, to dry the plants. I do not intend 
by this that air is not to be given at other times ; on the contrary, it is 
an important part of my own practice to give a little air at all times, 
even in winter, and therefore when the weather is mild put on a small 
quantity, sufficient to cause a slight circulation of air through the pit, 
which will greatly benefit the~plants. The bottom heat, from December 
to March, should be kept not below 85°, nor need it range much above 
that point. These temperatures may appear high, but your readers 
will remember that I am growing the plants, not merely resting them; 
and if the plants are near the glass, and this is kept clean, so as to 
admit light freely, and further that the temperature is not solely 
produced by hot-water pipes or flues, no danger of the dry air causing 
the plants to show fruit in the spring need be feared; for when grown 
in low pits, partly worked by linings, and with no more fire-heat than 
will dry the atmosohere, and with the assistance of covering by night, 
