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the plants in the heat of the day, and to let them 

 have as much air as possible. 



W'h.erc leaf-sets are made use of, they should 

 be planted in June, setting the part that was se- 

 parated tiom the old plant an inch or an inch and 

 a half into the earth. Some prefer plunging the 

 P'Us immediatciy into the hot-bed, as in this 

 way they push forth heads before the winter sets 

 in. 



About the middle of August it will be neces- 

 sary to beain to harden tliese young plants. This 

 is to l)e performed by removing the glasses occa- 

 sionallv when the weather is tine, and in other 

 cireumstiuiccs raising them by props in such a 

 manner as to admit "the air freely, and thereby 

 promote their vigour and growth. In this way 

 they will become fit to be removed into the 

 house, which must be performed about the latter 

 end of September. After this the plants are to 

 be treated in the same manner as old plants, as 

 belovv. 



The shifting of the old plants is to be per- 

 formed at the same period as directed for the 

 planting of the sets. In managing this busi- 

 ness the plants are to be removed from the pots, 

 and the earth carefully separated from Ijetween 

 tiie roots. All the decayed and mouldy roots 

 must then be taken oft", without breaking or in 

 any wav injuring the young ones. W hen the 

 roots have been thus cleaned, the pots are to be 

 filled about three parts full with the above earthy 

 material, a few pebbles being placed in their bot- 

 toms in order to prevent the moisture from stag- 

 nating too much about the roots of the plants. 

 The roots are then to be placed out in such a 

 wav as not to interfere with each other, more of 

 the compost being afterwards applied so as to fill 

 vip the pots to the rims, shaking the plants a 

 little in order to let the mould in between the 

 roots, and settling it with the hand close to them 

 to keep them steady. Water must be immediately 

 applied in a sparing manner, and the plants be set 

 out abroad in some shady situation, where they 

 mav remain about three weeks, water being then 

 sparingly administered occasionally when the 

 season is dry and hot. 



In a dr\' time, about the latter end of Septem- 

 ber, they should be again removed into the house, 

 as much free air as possible being admitted to 

 them while the weather continues warm ; but as 

 the nights begin to be cod the glasses should be 

 shut up, air being only admilted in the day-time; 

 and in proportion as the cold increases they should 

 not be opened at all, though water should be fre- 

 <iuentlv given in small proportions till towards 

 the middle of October, after \\hich it should he 

 decreased according to the temperature of the 



house in which they are kept. Those plants 

 which are preserved in stoves generally require 

 to be watered at least once a week the greatest 

 part of the winter ; while those which are kept 

 in greenhouses, without artificial heat, do not 

 stand in need of beinsr watered oftener than once 

 a month in that season. 



While the hardier sorts of Aloes are set out 

 abroad in the sunnuer, they should have but lit- 

 tle water given them ; and when much rain falls 

 durinir the time, they should be screened from it 

 in some way or other ; as, when they imbibe 

 much wet in that season, they frequently rot the 

 following winter, espeeiall-- if they are kept m a 

 moderate warm air : consequently, those who 

 choose to treat the plants in a hardy manner 

 should be cautious of their receiving too much 

 moisture during the summer season. 



These sorts thrive much better when they 

 are thus exposed in summer, and secured from 

 the cold and rain in winter, than if they were 

 treated more tenderly : as, when they are placed 

 in stoves, from their being kept growing all the 

 winter, they are draw n up weak ; and though 

 they may flower oftener when thev have a mo- 

 derate share of heat, in two or three years the 

 plants do not appear so handsome as those which 

 are treated more hardily. 



All the tender sorts, as the Cobweb, the Up- 

 right Triangular, and the Great Hedgehog Aloes, 

 should either constantly remain in the stoves, or 

 be removed in summer to glass cases, where they 

 may have a free admission of air in warm w ea- 

 ther, and at the same time be protected from rain 

 and cold. In this management the plants mostly 

 thrive and increase perfectly, and such of them 

 as usually flower produce them in beauty at their 

 proper seasons. 



In respect to the culture of the Aloe plant in 

 the island of Barbadoes, it is remarked by Mr. 

 Millington, in a paper in the Medical Journal, 

 that the grounds to the distance of two or three 

 miles from the sea, which are subject to be in- 

 jured by drought, and which are so shallow and 

 stony as not "to admit of the successful planting 

 of the sugar-cane, are found the most adapted 

 to the raismg of the Aloe plants. In preparing thtv 

 land, the stones, at least the larger ones, are first 

 picked up, and either packed in heaps upon the 

 most shallow, barren spots, or laid round the 

 field as a dry fence. It is then lightly plouglicd, 

 and verv caietul'v cleared of all noxious weeds, 

 marked with lin- s at one foot distance from row 

 to row, and the young plants set, like those of 

 the cabbage, at aljout five or six inches from each 

 other. This rcuilar mode is, however, only prac-.- 

 tised by tfatj.niore exact planters, to faeilitate the 



