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the plants 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 se- 

 parated from the old plant an inch or an inch and 

 the ( arth. .Some prefer plunging the 

 pots immediately into the hot-bed, as in this 

 way they push forth heads before the winter sets 

 in. 



ihe middle of August it will be neces- 

 sary to begin to harden these young plants. This 

 is to be performed by removing the glasses occa- 

 sionally when the weather is fine, and in other 

 mces raising them by props in such a 

 manner as to admit the air freely, and thereby 

 promote their vigour and growth. In this way 

 II become lit to be removed into the 

 hich 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 

 below. 



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 between 

 the roots. All the decayed and mouldy roots 

 must then be taken off, without breaking or in 

 any way injuring the young ones. When the 

 rents ha\x- 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 

 way as not to interfere with each other, more of 

 the compost being afterwards applied so as to fill 

 up 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 

 i in some shady situation, where they 

 may remain about three weeks, water being then 

 sparingly administered occasionally when the 

 season is dry and hot. 



In a dry 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 cool the glasses should be 

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

 and in proportion as the cold increases they should 

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

 quently given in small proportions till towards 

 the middle of October, after which it should be 

 decrea .1 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 being watered oftener than once 

 a month in that season. 



While the hardier sorts of Aloes are set out 

 abroad in the summer, they should have but lit- 

 tle water given them ; and when much rain falls 

 during 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, especially if they are kept in 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 drawn up weak ; and though 

 they may flower oftener when they 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 wea- 

 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 raising of the Aloe plants. In preparing the 

 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 ploughed, 

 and very carefully cleared of all n< \k lis weeds, 

 marked with lines at one foot distance from row 

 to row, and the you , like those of 



the cabbage, at about five or si h:! 1 s from each 

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

 tised b\ the more exact planters, to facilitate the 



