Pines are planted in earth; and the pots which contain them are immersed in beds of bark, after it has been used by the tanners. About the month of April the young fruit begins to advance, but the usual season for ripening does not commence till July, and the fruit is in greatest perfection from the middle of August to the end of September. The ripening of pines is discoverable by the fragrant odour which they emit, and by their protuberances yielding to pressure with the hand; and their flavour speedily dissipates if left uncut longer than three or four days after they are fully ripe. When brought to table, their leafy crowns should be reserved for planting. These, if placed in pots, and plunged in the bark-bed, or in a hot-bed, and covered, for some time, with glass, will in two years bear fruit. There are several varieties of pine, of which the following are among the principal. (_a_) _White Pine._--This has a whitish and fibrous flesh, and the rind as yellow as that of an orange. Its smell is highly fragrant, and it excels most other kinds in size and beauty, although its flavour is inferior to that of many. Its juice edges the teeth, and sometimes makes the lips smart. (_b_) _The yellow pine_ edges the teeth less; but both this and the preceding variety are exceeded by (_c_) _The sugar-loaf pine_; which is distinguished by the purple stripes on the outside of the leaves, and by its straw-coloured fruit. (_d_) _The Montserrat pine_ is now rare in Europe, though in America it is esteemed in preference to most others. It is principally known by the protuberances of the fruit being longer and flatter than those of the common sort. In the West Indies an excellent liquid sweetmeat or confection is made from pines. This fruit also is sometimes preserved whole, and, when taken out of the syrup, is iced over with sugar. Sweetmeats of this kind were formerly sent into Europe, in great quantity, from the Antilles. Wine made from pines is almost equal to Malmsey: at the end of about three weeks it becomes somewhat acid, but it recovers by longer keeping. Pines, in the West Indies, are frequently put into rum to communicate to that liquor their peculiar aromatic flavour. 99. _GARLIC_ (Allium sativum) _is a plant with bulbous root, of irregular form, composed of many smaller bulbs, called cloves, which are all included within a white skin._ _The stem leaves are flat and narrow; the upper part of the stem bears small bulbs, and the stamens are three pointed._