AMERICAN ALOE, 



OR, 



AGAVE AMERICANA. 



«on Court Pa,„ce. The 2ES£ 5fc£^ " ^E* ""* "" "*« •*»" * «". at Hamp- 

 •ember, 1790. at Smith's nursed a d'sZ T7T" "I **" ""^ h "* '"°" t " "4 

 old, at which time, it displavedl 1^ 2 tru , 7 *f* * ~ SU »P° Sed <° >* ** TO yea" 

 with astonishing rapidity, U ft IS^Jt SJ ^ ?» — - «" '«»«. increasing 

 and there projected from its summit at „r„! V . f ' rescmblm S *e mast of a ship, 



extremities were found fron 80 to 00 T "*' ' 3 "* < " 0Kfa *' rt «* » f *£ 



lengths, ,ha, each flower might ha e i s due noTr °" *??£*** " n ° Wer - Sb " ks ' ° f <«*«* 

 •he idea of a vast chandelier Had hes fl * * ' "° d ' ,eat ' •*■* in each ■*■«*«« 



Thistie, the resemblance in led Z^jTZTT'. f '""^ ° f fc °«" * or T ^ 

 >_* yet they exhibit rernar^ «fl Z£££ K^ftiT ^t ^ * 



where , hey are natives, these now^ m^, t ^fc "Z ^ 7,°° ""% "n"- 1 " 8 » ™ *-^ 

 the beaux and belies of the vegetable w„ld Or ha st " ,' '' ** *" •* W b < v I - inn »" s 

 vacte, of funereal pomp, and £££ %2 '.£& ™ "*« *"<• to *» then, ,he cha- 

 or A», ERICAN Aloe, when arrived at maturitv 1 1 ^""^ ° f C °'° Uring; for ,1,e Ac «»' 



flowers themselves, derive « K ir nour hTen L ,, ' ." T"' S " PP ° r,i " 8 "" B °" m ' "* * 



•hose decay, and final.y, the ^JZ^S^ , T "T" benCa "'- " Dd as *~ ■*-» 



■Haments, even the pedicle, SSffiS ^ ^T""' "* ^ * - 



how far my humble endeavours may merit the P*t>! ^clmendatil ' *" "* "* **"> 



Nurs'd by a length of rolling years 



Her stately form Agave rears, 



Protracting still with wise delay, 



The glory follow'd by decay, 



Till, urg'd by time's resistless date, 

 Nobly She braves her destined fate, 

 And, conscious of the approaching doom, 

 Bursts forth impatient into bloom; 

 While, rich from all their curving stems, 

 Profusely shoot the golden gems; 

 Then fading 'midst admiring eyes, 

 The vegetable Martyr dies.... " 

 But, flow'ring thus at THY command, 

 Unchang'd her finish'd form shall stand; 

 And glorying in perennial bloom, 

 Shall tmile through age<f yet to come. 



Dr. Shaw. 



Ae place of hemp, flax, and co, t „, The thorns, with which it fs led ^ o/awU o' ' ,° ?"* M •—**■«* can sup,,," 



nghtlv tapped, iron, three to four hundred galions of sap may be e.trae^ whieh mav hi L T, ° T "^ ° r pi " S > ° r «»» «E* 



S& £ f£T tI,e r rp T cf soap - ^ ^ «™ * »* « ^TitSSTtr 7 ,nc ; or h i s r ]y boi,in& reduced <°" 



Mk W the flowers, when collected, is a most amicus reme d 7 in Asth.a, an'd ^SSSmViSk ^ "^ ^^^ ■ 







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