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fox^ it is ufcd, obferving to turn 

 it over often in this Time. 



The fir ft of thcle Aloes is very 

 hardy, in refpect to Cold, and 

 has , in mild Winters , endured 

 abroad, being planted in a very 

 dry Soil, and under a South Walij 

 but may be kept in Pots or Tubs 

 m a common Greenhoufe with 

 Oranges, Myrtles, oc but rauft 

 have very Utrle Moifture in Win- 

 ter. Njolt of, the other Sorts are 

 better preferv'd in an airy Glafs- 

 Caie, in which there is a Stove to 

 Diake d little Fire in very bad Wea- 

 ther 5 to dry and warm the Air 

 in ^Qggy, cold, or v^'^et Weather ; 

 and to prevent the Fioll from en- 

 tring the Kouie. 



The fifth, fixth, feventh, eigh- 

 teenth, thirry-tburth and thirty- 

 fifth Sorts require a greater Share 

 of Heat to preferve them in 

 Winter, and Ihould be fet in a 

 good Stove, and kept nearly to 

 the Degree ot Heat (mark'd up- 

 on Mr. Fowler's Botanical Ther- 

 mometers ) ten Degrees above 

 temperate. Indeed moft of the 

 ether Sorts may be kept in the 

 lame Temperature of Heat in 

 Winter, but then you muft ob- 

 lerve, that the greater the Heat 

 is in Winter in which you keep 

 them, the more V/ater they will 

 require : And if they are well ma- 

 nag'd in this Heat, they will grow 

 very much in Winter, therefore 

 ^eat Care muft be taken in the 

 ievcre Cold, that it doth not en- 

 ter the Houfe, nor that the Heat 

 be at that Time ieffen'd ; as alio 

 how you begin to give them Air 

 in the Spring, for the extream 

 Parts of the Plants will be ren- 

 dred very tender, by their grow- 

 ing freely in Winter, and the Icaft 

 Check to their Gowih at that 



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Seafbn is very often their tte-^ 

 ftrudion. 



About the Beginning of yune, 

 moft People (in Etiglmd) fet their 

 Pots of Aioes out of the Houfej 

 bur, if this be done, they (hould 

 be fet under the Shelter of Hedges, 

 or Trees, to fcreen them from 

 the Violence of the open Sun 

 and Wind, which, in a few- 

 Days, will otherwife change their 

 Colour, and very much diminifh 

 their Beauty j and very often the 

 great Rains which fall in Jnne. 

 and July, either rot or fill them 

 with lb much Moifture, as, in 

 Winter to be liable to Deftrudtion, 

 w^irh the leaft Cold \ therefore^, 

 upon the whole, it is much more 

 advifeable to keep them moft Part 

 of the Year in the Houfe (as is 

 the conftant Praftice m Holland) 

 giving them, in good Weather, 

 as much free open Air as is pof- 

 fible, and fcreening them with 

 Mats, Shutters, or Tarpawlina 

 over the Glaftes, from the great 

 Heat of the Sua in the Middle of 

 the Day. 



In the Middle of July is 3 

 very proper Seafon to ihift thefe 

 Plants i at which Time you may 

 take them out of the Pots, and 

 v/ith your Fingers open the Roots, 

 and fliake out as much of the 

 Earth as poffible, taking off all 

 dead or mouldy Roots, but do 

 not wound or break the young 

 frefti ones : Then fill the Pot 

 about three Parts full of the 

 above-mentioned Earth ( putting 

 a few Stones in the Bottom of 

 the Pot, to drain off the Moi- 

 fture J ) and after placing the 

 Roots of the Plant in fuch a 

 Manner as to prevent their in- 

 terfering too much with each 

 other, put in as much of the 



