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ly pressed round them. The most proper season for performing tlic 

 work is about the middle of July, when old plants are shifted. At- 

 ter being planted out in the pots, they should be sliglitly watered, 

 and tiien set in some shady situation for about a fortnight ; after 

 which tiie more tender sorts may be removed into a very moderate 

 hot-bed. By this means they strike root more readily. But here it 

 will be necessary to shade the plant in the heat of the day, and to let 

 them have as much air as possible. 



Where leaf-sets are made use of, they should be planted in June, 

 setting the part that was separated from the old plant an inch or an 

 inch and a half into the earth. About the middle of August it will 

 be necessary to begin to harden these plants. This is to be perform- 

 ed by removing the glasses occasionally when the weather is fine, 

 anil ill (ilher circumstances raising them by props in such a manner 

 as to admit the air freely, and thereby promote their vigor and 

 growth. In this way they will become fit to be removed into the 

 house, which must be performed about the latter end of Septendjer. 

 After this the plants are to be treated in the same manner as old 

 plants. . ' 



The Aloe plants, from their great differences in tlieir height, modes 

 of growth, and the shapes of their leaves, as well as tlie beauty of 

 their flowers, are well adapted for the purpose of affording variety, 

 and producing a singularity of effect in the green-house, or in courts, 

 or in other places about the house, during the summer season. 



Medical Properties and Uses. The varieties are all similar in 

 their mode of action, and are purging, expelling, stomatic, anthelmin- 

 tic, and act on the lower intestines. Their taste is nauseous and bit- 

 ter, and they are highly useful in obstructions, hypochondriasis, jaun- 

 dice, worms, and ulcers. Dose in the form of pills, from two to five 

 grains of the extract. 



