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5. Phalangium; Africanum.flo' 

 ribus luteis, parvis. Rail Hifi. Afri- 

 can Spider-wort with fmall yellow 

 Flowers. 



4. Phai,akgiuM3 furvo fiore ra- 

 tnofutn, foliis fijiulofis, annuum. H. L. 

 Annual - branching Spider - wort, 

 with fiflulous Leaves, and a fmall 

 Flowed. 



5-. Phalangium ; Africanum, fo- 

 His cepaceh, floribus fpicatis aureis. 

 JBoerh. Ind. African Spider-wort, 

 with Onion Leaves, and Golden 

 Flowers, growing in Spikes, falfely 

 caWd an Aloe. 



6. Phalangium ; ^thiopicum, ra- 

 mofum, jioribus albis, petalis rejlexis. 

 Hort. Amfi, Branchy Ethiopian Spi- 

 (ler-wort, with w^hite Flowers, 

 whole Petals are turn'd backward. 



The firft and fecond Sorts are 

 abiding Plants, which are propa- 

 gated in curious Gardens for the 

 fake of their Flowers; and tho' 

 they are not very beautiful, yet, 

 for their long Continuance in Flow- 

 er, they deferve a Place in the open 

 Borders of every curious Fiower- 

 Garden. 



Thefe may be propagated either 

 from Seeds, or by parting their 

 Roots: The beft Time to fow the 

 Seeds is in Autumn^ foon after they 

 are ripe, in the Manner directed for 

 Bulbous - rooted Flowers, with 

 which thefe Plants do agree in 

 their Culture, and the fecond Year 

 after fbwinej they will produce 

 Flowers. The Sealbn for parting 

 their Roots is in September j in do- 

 ing of which, you muft oblerve to 

 preferve a good Head to each OfF- 

 fet, and not to divide them too 

 fmall, which will caufe them to 

 flower weak the following Sum- 

 mer : They delight in a freih light 

 Earth, and an open Situation. 



The third Sort is an annual Plant, 

 which foould be fown on a Bed of 



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light Earth in March -^ and when 

 the Plants are come up, they muft 

 be tranlplanted where they are to 

 remain, in which Place they muft 

 be kept clear from Weeds, which 

 is all the Culture they require. 

 They produce their Flowers in^w- 

 ly, and their Seeds are perfe(fted in 

 Auguji, 



The fourth Sqrt is alfb annual, 

 but grows very large, in compari- 

 fbn to vhe lall: This commonly 

 rifes two Feet high, and divides 

 into many Branches, each of which 

 produces a Spike of Flowers: It is 

 a very hardy Plant; and if the 

 Seeds are permitted to fall in Au- 

 tumn, they will come up in the 

 Spring, and produce much ftronger 

 Plants, than if fown at that Sea- 

 fon, and will flower much fboner : 

 This muft have a light dry Soil. 



The fifth Sort is prelerv'd in 

 Green-houfes, with other fucculent 

 Plants, amongft which it makes a 

 pretty Variety, there being fcarcely 

 a Month in the Year when there are 

 not fome of the Spikes ot Flowers 

 in Beauty. This was formerly call'd 

 an Aloe, which Name is ftill re- 

 tain'd by unskilful Perfbns, tho' it 

 is vaftly different therefrom in its 

 whole Appearance. This Plant mul- 

 tiplies very faft by Off-fets, which, 

 tho' produced at fome Diftance 

 from the Earth, yet do emit Roots 

 of a confiderabie Length ; and when 

 planted, do immediately take in the 

 Earth : They fliould be planted in 

 Pots of light fandy Earth, and 

 houfed in Winter with Ficoides's, 

 and other hardy fucculent Plants, 

 where they may have free open 

 Air; for they are hardy, and re- 

 quire only to be protected from 

 Froft. 



The fixth Sort is alfb prderved 

 in fome curious Gardens, with 

 other Exotick Plants in the Green- 



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