Journal of a horticultural tour through some parts of Flanders, Holland, and the north of France, in the autumn of 1817 / By a deputation of the caledonian horticultural Society [Patrick Neill, John Hay, and James MacDonald].

  • Neill, Patrick, 1776-1851.
Date:
1823
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Credit: Journal of a horticultural tour through some parts of Flanders, Holland, and the north of France, in the autumn of 1817 / By a deputation of the caledonian horticultural Society [Patrick Neill, John Hay, and James MacDonald]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' The stock of pine-apples is very extensive, consisting of several hundred fruiting plants, and several hundred suc- cession plants. Here we found the New Providence pine- apple before mentioned, cultivated in perfection; together with great quantities of the well-known and excellent variety called the Queen. In propagating ananas, Mr Andrews uses suckers only: These are allowed to re- main long on the parent plants, so that when they come to be detached, they are of a larger size and more for- ward growth than is usual. But he has also other rea- sons for preferring suckers to crowns: there is always much difficulty and trouble in getting the crowns returned after having been presented at table, and there is a great risk of different kinds being mixed, through the careless- ness of servants. His stock is perfectly clear of the coccus *; and he keeps it so, by thus avoiding all intermix- ture, and consequently the hazard of the introduction of infected plants. The suckers are planted in pits in Sep- tember, and placed in beds of tan in hot-houses furnished with furnaces and flues; here they pass the winter, and remain till Jate in the spring. ‘They are then transferred to large hot-beds, or pits, which have tanners’ bark in the centre, and are furnished with exterior linings of horse- dung. In these hot-beds they are found to grow remark- ably fast during the summer season. In autumn they are again Pe aitedsy to the hot-houses, to pass the winter; and in the course of the following season, they are forced into fruit, partly in the hot-houses, and partly in the hot-bed frames. Some of those potted in September last (1816,) were already so far advanced, that it was expected they would afford ripe fruit in November next, or about four- teen months after planting. “ C. hesperidum ; often called Pine-bug, and sometimes Turtle-insect. 9) iw