18. NEW BLACK JAMAICA. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 43. Leaves long, thin, light green, mottled with deeper green. Fruit pyramidal, dark brown. Flesh pale yellow, rich, and very highly flavoured.

Weight from four to five pounds.

19. NEW DEMERARA. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 27. Leaves rather long, dark green, mealy; spines fine. Fruit round, reddish orange; pips large. Flesh pale yellow, well flavoured.

Weight from three to four pounds.

20. NEW ENVILLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 31. Leaves large, mealy; spines strong. Fruit pyramidal or long oval, pale yellow; pips large, prominent. Flesh pale yellow, well flavoured.

Weight from five to six pounds.

21. NEW MEALY-LEAVED SUGAR-LOAF. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 85.

Leaves long, broad, mottled with brown, mealy. Fruit pyramidal, long, pale yellow; pips small, flat. Flesh pale yellow, sweet.

Weight from four to five pounds.

22. OTAHEITE.

Mag. t. 29.

Anson. Ib. Ib.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 52. Pom.

Leaves unusually erect, narrow, regularly and rather strongly serrated. Fruit roundish, tun-shaped, deep olive green, becoming deep orange yellow; pips flat, unusually large. Flesh pale yellow, sweet, and high flavoured.

Weight from four to six pounds.

23. QUEEN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 59. Common Queen. Ib.

Narrow-leaved Queen. Ib.

Leaves short, broad, and mealy; spines strong. Fruit cylindrically oval, deep yellow; pips prominent. Flesh bright yellow, juicy, and sweet, with a very pleasant acid.

Weight from three to four pounds,

24. RIPLEY. Hort. Soc. Cat. No.70. Pom. Mag.

t. 134.

Montserrat of some. According to the Pom. Mag. Heaton House Montserrat.

Indian Black Pine. Ib.
Old Ripley. Ib.

Ib.

Leaves broad, rather long, slightly recurved, tinged with reddish brown, mealy on both sides; spines middlesized, irregular. Fruit roundish ovate, pale copper colour when perfectly ripe; pips middle-sized, angular, rather pointed. Flesh pale yellow, very sweet, rich, and high flavoured. Crown about the middle size, deeply stained with dark red.

25. RIPLEY QUEEN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 67.

Leaves short, broad, mealy. Fruit long, nearly cylindrical, deep yellow; pips prominent, from twelve to fourteen deep. Flesh pale yellow, saccharine, mixed with a pleasant acid.

Weight from three to four pounds.

26. RUSSIAN COCKSCOMB. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 23. Leaves strong, short, tinged with brown, mealy; spines coarse. Fruit roundish oval, pale orange when ripe; pips flat. Flesh pale yellow, juicy, and well

flavoured.

Weight from four to five pounds.

27. RUSSIAN GLOBE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 265. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 35.

Leaves short, broad, dark brown; spines coarse. Fruit large, oval, dark orange; pips large, flat. Flesh rich yellow, rich, and high flavoured.

Weight from four to five pounds. A very excellent Pine.

28. SAINT VINCENT'S. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 75. Green Olive.

Green St. Vincent's.

Ib.

Ib.

Leaves something longer than broad, light green, rather mealy. dull yellow when ripe; pips flat. rich, and high flavoured.

those of the Queen, Fruit longish oval,

Weight from three to four pounds.

Flesh pale yellow,

29. SILVER-STRIPED QUEEN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 66. Gold-striped Queen. Of some Collections.

Leaves broad, short, with cream-coloured stripes, tinged with red. Fruit oval; pips full and prominent. Flesh yellow, pretty good.

Weight from two to three pounds.

30. SMOOTH-LEAVED SUGAR-LOAF. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 87.

Leaves upright, narrow, smooth, striped with dull purple. Fruit cylindrical; pips small, prominent. Flesh yellow, soft, of but indifferent flavour.

Weight from two to three pounds.

31. STRIPED-LEAVED SUGAR-LOAF. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 88.

Purple-striped Queen. Ib.

Leaves large, broad, pale green, with brown or chocolate-coloured stripes. Fruit rather long, bright yellow; pips prominent. Flesh rich yellow, juicy, and

sweet.

Weight from three to four pounds.

32. STRIPED QUEEN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 68. Striped-leaved Olive. Ib. No. 51.

Leaves broad, short, erect, striped with greenish yellow, and tinged with red; spines few. Fruit oval; Flesh bright yellow, pretty well

pips prominent.

flavoured.

Weight from two to three pounds.

33. STRIPED SURINAM. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 92.

Striped Silver and Pink Surinam. Ib.

Ribbon-grass. Ib. 69.

Leaves beautifully striped with broad and narrow, silver, cream, and pink coloured stripes.

The plant is difficult to bring into a fruiting state, requiring from ten to twenty years, or probably more; even without fruit, this Pine deserves to be cultivated on account of its great beauty.

Striped-leaved varieties of Pine are materially affected by cultivation; those which are grown in a close pit, heated with dung, never being so rich in their colours as if grown in an airy stove, where the pit is heated with

bark.

34. SURINAM. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 91.

Leaves long, narrow, mealy; spines coarse. Fruit oval, deep orange when ripe; pips prominent. Flesh pale yellow, of a pretty good flavour.

Weight from three to four pounds.

35. WAVED-LEAVED. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 94. Pom, Mag. t. 1.

Leaves large, flaccid, spreading, wavy, stained with dull purple. Fruit oblong, or tun-shaped, dull yellow; pips projecting, pointed. Flesh yellow, transparent, very delicate, juicy, extremely pleasant.

Weight from two to three pounds.

36. WELBECK SEEDLING. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 95. Cockscomb. Ib.

Crown. Ib.

Leaves long, narrow, sharp-pointed, of a light green; spines wide and coarse. Fruit cylindrical, or oval, pale yellow when ripe; pips large, flat. Flesh pale yellow, of a pretty good flavour.

Weight from three to four pounds. 37. WHITE PROVIDENCE.

Mealy-leaved Providence.

New Providence. Ib.

Providence. Speechly.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 57,

Ib.

Leaves very large, long, and broad, having a purplish

tinge, mealy; spines small and close. Fruit pyramidal, or longish oval, the largest of the whole tribe of Pines; pips very large, flat.* Flesh very pale, sweet, and full of juice.

Weight generally from six to eight pounds; but it frequently, under good management, will attain the weight of from twelve to fourteen pounds.

A Selection of Pine Apples for a small Garden.

cess.

Propagation and Cultivation.

It is known to every Pine-grower, that this species of fruit is increased by suckers, and by its crown. In its cultivation it is managed in various ways by different gardeners, and with different degrees of sucOne of the best methods, without entering into any lengthened detail of operations, seems to be that which has been recommended by Mr. Sweet, which is, to pot the young plants in a mixture of one third loam and two thirds of half-decayed leaves, in which they root very freely; they may then be plunged in frames, or a stove, but not in too much bottom heat, as that will injure their roots, as is often done by those who expect to force them on by bottom heat, but who by that means kill their plants, or injure them so much that they never perfectly recover. They do not consider that giving plants a strong bottom heat is working against nature; for in their native climate it is the sun that

* It must be observed, that when speaking of the pips of Pines being prominent or flat, it is to be understood that they are so at the time when the fruit is fully ripe.