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Reviews and Extracts. — HorticulUire, ^c. 
approaching to maturity it changes to a pale green and becomes a little mealy, 
when ripe it is a palish yellow. Pips small and slightly prominent, being 
half-covered with the scales, which terminate in very long, broad, reflexed 
points, of a dull scarlet colour. Flesh, very pale yellow, slightly fibrous, very 
juicy and soft, slightly acid, without much flavour. CVojyw large, leaves ra¬ 
ther numerous and erect. Size of the fruit, from 3 to 5 lb. 
SPECIES IT.—ANANASSA DEBILIS. 
2. Wave-Leaved Pine, of the Horticultural Society. Ananassa dcbilis, of 
the Botanical Register, and Pomological Magazine. 
Leaves large, flaccid, spreading, wavy, dark green, slightly mealy above, and 
stained with deep purple; teeth reddish, small, equal sized;—the full-grown 
leaves are about three feet long, and a well grown fruiting plant occupies a 
space of about three feet in diameter. Flowers, pale purple. Fruit, oblong, 
or tun shaped; before ripening, of a very deep green; when ripe, dull yellow 
with a greenish cast on one side; almost destitute of mealiness. Pips pro¬ 
jecting, middle sized, pointed, as long as the scales, the uppermost of which 
are nearly destitute of points,—the lowermost, have w ithered deeply-toothed 
points. Flesh, yellow, transparent, very tender, delicate, and juicy; flavour 
extremely pleasant with a slightly perceptible acid. Core, woody. Crown, 
large, not disposed to become cock’s-comb shaped, or to be proliferous. It 
fruits in about two years from the sucker. 
SPECIES III.—ANANASSA LUCIDA. 
3. King Pine, of Speechley’s Treatise, 2nd. ed. page 15. Grass^Green King, 
Common King, and Old King, of the Horticultural Society’s Catalogue. 
The Havannah, of Nichol’s Gardener’s Kalendar, 4th ed. page 304. And 
Ananassa viridis inermis, of the French. 
Leaves, rather long, somewhat broad and keel-shaped ; margins destitute of 
spines, and sometimes a little undulated, of a clear, shining, yellowish green, 
and entirely free from mealiness:—-its growth is also very'peculiar, the centre 
leaves embrace each other very closely, and require considerable force to se¬ 
parate them. Flowers, purple. Fruit, cylindrical, inclining to ovate, of a 
bright olive colour before ripening, bright orange when ripe. Flesh, yellow, 
opaque, firm, and free from fibres; sweet and pleasant, with only very little 
acid. Crown, large, leaves embracing each other in the centre. The fruit 
generally weighs from 3 to 4 tb: This as well as the other smooth-leaved 
varieties, requires less water and more heat than the other sorts. 
4. Fishebwick Striped-Globe Pine, of the Horticultural Society’s Cata- 
logue. 
This is readily distinguished from all others, by its leaves, which somewhat 
resemble the King Pine, but differ in having weak irregular spines on their 
margins; and are of rather a darkel* green, slightly tinged with pale brown, 
more particularly in the centres of the plants; also somewhat thickly inter¬ 
spersed with silvery specks on the under surface. 
{To he Continued.) 
