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5. Yucca J Arborea. Tlie Tree 

 Yucca. 



4. Yucca; Dracoms folio ferrato. 

 H' Ehh. Tucca, with Leaves like 

 thofe of the Dragon Tree. 



The firft of thefe Plants is pret- 

 ty hardy, and when grown ftrong, 

 will endure the Cold of our ordi- 

 nary Winters in the open Air very 

 well, provided it be planted on a 

 dry Soil : This commonly produces 

 its Flowers every Year, which 

 grow very fparfcdly on the Stalks, 

 and are le{s beautiful than thofe of 

 the Tree Sort, which are produ- 

 ced in a long, clofe Spike, and 

 make a very beautiful Appearance ; 

 but thefe do not flower oftener 

 than once in four or five Years, 

 which is always in Autumn, fo 

 that they never produce any Seeds 

 in this Country. 



The threaded Sort is not fb com- 

 mon as the others in the Engli/Jj 

 Gardens; but as it is a Native of 

 Virginia, it might be ealily procu- 

 red in Plenty from thence. The 

 fourth Sort hath been raifed of late 

 Years from Seeds which came 

 from thence, and is now pretty 

 common in England-, but the Plants 

 are not as yet arrived to Maturity 

 enough to produce Flowers in 

 England i fo that 1 cannot fay how 

 they differ from thofe of the other 

 Sorts. 



All thefe Plants are either propa- 

 gited by Seeds, when obtained 

 Jrom Abroad, or elfe from Off-fets 

 or Heads taken from the old Plants^ 

 after the Manner of Aloes. 



When they are raifed from Seeds, 

 they fhould be fbwn in Pots filled 

 with light frcfh Earth, and plung- 

 ed into a moderate Kot-bed, where 

 the Plants will come up in five or 

 iix Weeks after, and when they 

 are two or three Inches high, they 

 ihouid be transplanted each into a 



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feparate fmall Pot filled with light 

 frefh Earth, and plunged into the 

 Hot-bed, where the Plants fhould 

 have Air and Water in Proportion 

 to the Warmth of the Seafon, and 

 the Bed in which they are placed. 



In July, they fhould be inured 

 by degrees to bear the open Air, 

 into which they muft be removed, 

 to harden them before Winter, pla- 

 cing them in a weli-fhekered Situ- 

 ation,' where they may remain un- 

 til the Beginning of October, when 

 they mufl be removed into the 

 Greenhoufe, where they may be 

 ranged amongft the hardier Sorts 

 of Aloes, and fhould be treated in 

 the fame Manner as hath been al- 

 ready direded for them, to which 

 the Reader is defired to turn for 

 further Inffrudions. 



When thefe Plants have acquired 

 Strength, they may be afterwards 

 turned out into a warm Border, 

 where they will endure the Cold 

 of our ordinary Winters very well, 

 efpecially the two firft Sorts ; and, 

 I believe, the other two Sorts will 

 bear the Cold pretty well, after 

 they are grown ftrong and woody 

 in their Stems. 



The Off-fets taken from the old 

 Plants fliould be laid in a dry Place 

 for a Week or ten Daj-^ before 

 they are planted, that their Wounds 

 may heal, otherwiie they will be 

 iubjecfl to roc with Moifture. 



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INZIBER; Ginger. 



The Characiers are ; 



The Elotoer (for the mofl fart) 

 conjifs of five Leaves, which are 



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