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3. Ai.ETkis (ihactnthcides) acaulis, foliis lanceolatis car- 

 nofis, floribus geininatis. Lin. Sp. 456. Aletriswith- 

 ciit fialh\ flejhy ffcar-jloaped Ica-vcs^ and flowers fet by 



pairs.- ■ ■ . 



4. Aletris {Zeylanica) acaulis, foliis lanceolatis planis 

 ereclis radicalibus. Jktris without ftalks^ a^d plain, 

 fpear-Jhaped^ ere 51 leaves rifmg from the root. 



5. Ali-tris {Fragrans) cauldccns, foliis lanceolatis am- 

 plcxicaulibus. Stalky Aletris^ with fpear-paped leaves 

 embracing it. Aloe Africana arborelcens, floribus al- 

 bis fragrantiffimis. Ilort. Amft. 2. tab. 4. ' 



The firil fort grows naturally in North America -, it 

 hath a tubcrolc root, from which arife feveral fpear- 

 ftiaped leaves, and a naked .talk fupportlng a fpike 

 of flowers placed akeVnate, of a greenifli white co- 

 lour ; thefe appear in June, but are rarely fucceeded 

 by feeds in England, ' 



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though fair to appearance, yet I could never raife 

 any plants from them •, but they are eafily propagated 

 from the fide heads, which they put out after 

 flowering. ■' • ' ■' ^ 



The lall three forts are too tender to live througli the 



. l^his plant is tolerably hardy, fo mav be prcferved 



thro' tlie winter, if flickered under a hot-bed frame \ 

 but as the feeds do not ripen here, and the roots in- 

 creafe but flowly, the plants are at prefent rare in 



■ Eno;land. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. This is a low plant, feldOrn rifing more than 

 a foot high ; the leaves are fpea^iaped and undu- 



. lated i the foot-fl:alks of the flowed arife from the 

 root, which fufl:ain feveral white noduing flowers, in 



' fliape fomewhat like thole of the Hyacinth, '^i ' ' -^ 



The roots of this fort muft: be planted in pots filled 

 ■with light earth, that they may be flickered in a diy 

 airy glafs-cafe in winter, being too tender to thrive 

 in the open air in England \ therefore the pots^fhould 

 be removed into flicker in October, and during the 

 - winter feafon, they fliould be fparingly watered. In 

 May they fliould be placed abroad in a flickered fl- 

 tuation, and in warm weather mufl: be frequently re- 



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winter in England, unlefs they are placed in a warm 

 fl:ove ; nor will the third and fifth forts produce their 

 flowers, if tlie plants are not plungi^d into a tan-bed •, 

 for although the plants may be prelerved in a liry 

 ftove, yet chofe malce but little progrefs there ; where- 

 as when tliey are in a tan-bed, they will advance as 

 much in one year as the other will in three or four j 

 the leaves will alfo be much larger, and the whole 

 plant much fl:ronger. The third fort will fometimes 

 flower in a dry ilove, but the flower-ftehis will be 

 weak, and do not produce half fo many flowers as 

 when in tan ; but the fifth has not yet flowered here 

 when kept in the dry fl:ove. 



The third and fourth forts propagate very fafl: by 

 their creeping roots, which fend up many heads ; 

 thefe may be cut off in June, and laid in the ftove 

 For a fortnight, that the part wounded may be healed 

 over ; then they fliould be planted in fmall pots, filled 

 with light fandy earth, and plunged into a moderate 

 hot-bed of tanners bark, giving them but little wa- 

 ter till they have put out good roots ^ then they muft 

 ; be treated like other tender fucculent plants, never 

 fetting them abroad in fummer. :.' ' ; 

 The heads of the fifth fort wlien taken from the ftems 



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fliould be laid in the ftove a week, for their wounds to 

 heal, then fliould be planted in pots and treated as 

 the other. 

 ALESANDER,' or ALEX ANDER. See 



Smyrnium. 



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ALKEKENGI. See Phvsalis. " ■ 



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See OxALis. *- 



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freflied with water-, with this management the plants ALLI ARI A. ' SeeHESPERis.' ' " • ' 



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will flower; but as theydo hot perfeft their feeds 

 here, nor do they increafe faft by roots, the plants are 

 fcarce in Endand. ■■' "■■■■ ' 



The third fort has been long preferved in the Englifli 

 gardens, and has been known by the title of Guinea 

 Aloe ; this hath thick flefliy roots like thofe^ of the 

 Flag Iris, which creep far where they have room. 

 The leaves arife fingly from the root, and are near 

 one foot and a half long, ftiff', waved, and have no 

 foot-ftalks, arifing immediately from the root, as do 

 alfo the foot-ftalks of the flowers, which when the 

 roots are ftrong, are often a foot and a half high, gar- 

 niflied great part of their height with clear white 

 flowers, fliaped like thofe of the Hyacinth, w;hofe 

 brims are cut into fix fegments, which are reflexed ; 

 thefe feldom continue in beauty more than two or three 

 days, and are never fucceeded by feeds here. . 

 The fourth fort is alfo pretty common, in gardens 

 where there are conveniencies for preferving exotic 

 p)lants. This hath flefliy creeping roots, which mul- 

 tiply greatly. The whole plant feldom riles more than 

 fix inches high : the leaves ar^ plain and upright, 

 ariflng without foot-ftalks ; but as I have never feen 

 any flowers produced .on the plants, I can give no de- 

 fcription of them, but have followed Dr. Linnasus in 

 ranging it, though I have great reafon to believe he 

 has not fcen the flower ; for he fuppofes this to be a 

 variety of the tiiird fort, which no perfon v/ho is ac- 

 quainted with the two plants can ever admit.. This 

 has been always known by the title of Ceylon Aloe. 

 The fifth fort rifes with an licrbaceous ftalk to the 

 height of eight or ten feet high, having many joints, 

 and is adorned toward the top with a head of fpear- 

 fliaped thin leaves, which are of a deep green colour 

 and reflexed at their ends, embracing the ftalks with 

 their bafe. The foot-ftalks of the flower arife from 

 the center of the heads, which are generally two feet 



• high, branching out on each fide, and fully garniflied 

 with \yhite flowers, in fliape fomewhat like thofe of 



■ the third fort i but thefe open only in the evening, 

 when they emit a moft fragrant odour, but clofe aaafn 

 in the morning, and are not of long duration -, %ut 

 thefe are fomedmes fucceeded by feeds, which, al- 



ALLIUM [of 'Axsw, Gr. to avoid or ftiun, becaufe 

 many fliun the fmell of k], Garlick. 



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The Characters are, 

 The flowers are included in oM cpmmon fpatha^ which 

 tomes dry ; the flower is compofed ^fjtx oblongs ere5i^ i 

 cave petals^ andjix awl-floapedftaminU^ which extend 

 length of the petals^ and are crowned wi^fy^ oblong ft 



fupporting afingli 



fi 



fide. 



•afterward becomes an obtufe 



th roundifh feeds. 

 The Species are. 



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1. Allium {Sativum) caule planifolio bulbifero, bulbo 



compofito, ftaminibus tricufpidatis. Hort. Upfal. 



j6. Common manured Garlick.' Allium fativum. 

 C. B. P. 



2. Allium {Scorodoprafum) caule planifolio bulbifero, 

 foliis crenulatis vaginis ancipitibus ftaminibus tricuf- 

 pidatis. Hort. Upfal. ^^, ne Rocambole. Allium 

 fativum alterum five allioprafjm caulis fummo cir- 

 cumlocuto. C. B. P. 73. '■-■ ■ 



3. Allium (Urfiniim) fcapo nudo femicylindrico foliis 

 lanceolatis petiolatis unibefla faftigiata. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 300. Broad-leaved zvild Garlicky or Ramfons. 

 Allium fylveftre latifolium. C. B. P. 



4. Allium {Lineare) caule planifolio umbellifero um- 

 bella globosa ftaminibus tricufpidatis corolla duplo 

 longioribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 294. Great round-headed 

 Garlick of the Holm Tflands. Allium Holmenfe fpha:- 

 rico capite. RaiiSyn. 370. ^ 



5. Allium (Moly) fcapo nudo fubcylindrico foliis lan- 

 ceolatis feflilibus umbella faftigiata. Hort. Upfal. j6. 

 "^^ " Moly. Allium latifolium luteum. Tourn, 



Inft. 384. 



{Mag. 



mulo bulbifero ftaminibus fimplicibus. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 296. Great broad-leaved Moly with Lily flowers. 

 Allium latifolium liliflorum. Tourn. Inft. 384. 

 7. Allium {Obliquum) caule planifolio umbellifero fta- 

 minibus filiformibus flore triplo longioribus foliis ob- 



flender ft, 



Umbellift 



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lenjfth 



