Transcriber’s Notes Texts printed in italics in the original book have been transcribed between underscores, as in _text_. Small capitals have been transcribed as ALL CAPITALS. More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text. THE DIFFERENT MODES OF _CULTIVATING_ THE PINE-APPLE, FROM ITS FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO EUROPE TO THE LATE IMPROVEMENTS OF T. A. KNIGHT, ESQ. BY A MEMBER OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. WITH Twenty-four Engravings on Wood, EXHIBITING THE BEST PLANS OF PINE-STOVES AND PITS. _LONDON:_ PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1822. LONDON: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square. INTRODUCTION. A considerable interest has been excited in the Horticultural world by the experiments of T. A. Knight, Esq. on the culture of the PINE APPLE. Our _object_ is to add our efforts to those of that eminent Horticulturist, in promoting the culture of that king of fruits. The _means_ which we consider as most likely to attain our object, is the bringing together accounts of all the different modes of treating that Plant, which have hitherto been adopted in Europe; and the _sources_ from which we have drawn the means, are the different _publications_ which have appeared on the Pine Apple, and our own _observations_ on its management, by those Gardeners who are its most successful cultivators. The British publications which treat exclusively, or principally, of the Pine Apple, are: 1767. _John Giles_, of Lewisham. A Method of raising Pines and Melons, 8vo. 1769. _Adam Taylor_, Gardener at Devizes, in Wiltshire. A Treatise on the Ananas and on Melons, 8vo. 1779. _William Speechly_, Gardener to the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck, in Nottinghamshire. A Treatise on the culture of the Pine Apple, and the management of the Hot-house, &c. 8vo. 1808. _William Griffin_, Gardener to J. C. Girardot, Esq. at Kelham, near Nottingham. A Treatise on the culture of the Pine Apple, 8vo. 1818. _Thomas Baldwin_, Gardener to the Marquis of Hertford, at Ragley, in Warwickshire. A Treatise on the culture of the Ananas, &c. 12mo. The Authors who have treated on the Pine Apple, as a part of their general subject, include nearly all those who have written on Horticulture since the commencement of the 18th century; the principal are, Bradley, Miller, Justice, Abercrombie, M’Phail, and Nicol, in their respective works; and T. A. Knight, Esq., and Peter Marsland, Esq., in the Transactions of the London and Caledonian Horticultural Societies.