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O&tob. one grows from the Point of each Scale of the 
Nectariuin' ; and at the Tops of thefe ftand But- 
' tons of a Shape equally fingular; they are very 
flender, and of a Length not lefs than that of 
the Filaments which fupport them. | 
The Style is fingle, and has its Top divided | 
into five Parts, which turn backwards. © 
The young Botanift, who finds in this Flower 
five regular Filaments and a fingle Style, needs 
not to be informed farther to what Clafs it. 
belongs in the Linnzan Syftem. 
_ The fifth contains the Pentandria, whofe Cha- 
ratter is this Number; and the fingle Style fhews 
it to be of the sae Section of that Clafs, the 
Monogynia. 
' This elegant Plant is a Native of the Eaft- 
Indies, and of the Cape of Good Hope. The 
Duteb firtt received it thence; and they furnifhed 
the Reft of Europe. It there grows naturally in 
a loofe, but rich Soil; and fuch we fhould 
allow it here. 
~ Tt is an annual, and mutt be raifed Wag Bacar 2 
Thefe it will ripen here, and the Plants will 
freely rife from them: but when there is an Op- 
portunity of obtaining them from the native Place, 
they are much better. | 
The Soil for it fhould be doampeiel of equal 
Parts of light Earth from a dry Pafture, and 
Mud from a Pond, with avery {mall Admixture 
of Sand; one Bufhel of this to fix of the others | 
is fufficient. 
This is a Soil extremely unlike the common 
Garden-Mould, in which. moft plant every 
Thing ; and if the two be tried, the Difference 
will be feen in a ftrong Light. 
only Method of Comparifon. 
Early in Spring let a Heap of this mixed Soil 
be prepared; and at the fame Time a hot Bed 
raifed for the Seeds, and covered well with good 
~ Garden-Mould. 
In this let them be fown, and covered only a 
quarter of anInch.deep. 
When the Plants have a little Strength, let 
them be removed into another hot.Bed; and 
they muft be there watered and fhaded till they 
have taken Root. 
In this they muft fland till large enough to be 
2!) PUR! PAV ES O'C'O TR PRES AT OF. 
'The Number of the Aloes is very great, 
. and many of them are of confiderable Beau- 
“ty. They are murthered in England by an un-— 
artful Culture; for very few apprehend what 
_ different Management is neceflary for the various 
Species. We fhall occafionally obviate this Mif- 
chief. eae 
The Species we here propofe to the Garde- 
ner’s Care, is one of very.confiderable Beauty ; 
and with a judicious Management it flowers with 
us abundantly, and with its full native Vigour. 
| middling Size, - 
_ lifting up the Glaffes of the Frame with a notched 
“Stick 
EGE: that is the 
thus ordered. 
ny Fibres, 
-tranfplanted into Pots, which mutt be done with O€tob. 
oreat Care. 
For each Plant let there be a feparate Pot of a 
‘Let fome Stones be laid in the 
_ Bottom to fecure the Opening for letting out the 
Water from being clogged ups and then let it 
be half filled with the Compoft. 
Raife the Plant with as much of the Earth as 
can be kept about it. Set it upright in this Pot, 
and keep it fteady by placing more of the Com- 
poft round it. Raife the Earth within an Inch 
to fill the Pot, and then give the Plant” a Beale 
watering. 
Set this Pot up to the Rim i in a Paae Bed, oa 
fhade and water it at Times till rooted. 
‘This is to be the Method with every Pot. 
When they are thus well rooted, the Air muft be 
admitted to them by Degrees to harden them, by 
Semeaeeweremy 
and after this has been done during the 
Heat of the Day for a Week, they mutt he fer 
out in the Middle of a hot Day among the Green- 
houfe Plants. If the Night fhould threaten 
Cold they muft be removed into the Green- 
-houfe, and fet out again the next Day. 
They will thus be hardened thoroughly, and 
foon after they will bud for flowering. | 
In this they muft be encouraged by flight © 
Waterings twice a Day; and they will produce 
toward Autumn their firft Flowers. 
Thefe when they fade muft be carefully taken 
off ; otherwife their Seeds will ripen, and no 
more Flowers, at beft no good ones, be~ pro- 
duced: but taking them off as they decay, there 
will be a Succeffion for more than two Months. 
If the Weather grow early cold, the Pots may | 
be removed into the Green-houfe ; or if there be 
Need into the Stove, where they will continue 
flowering till the Middle of November. 
This is the true Method of managing this 
elegant Species. It may be kept alive with léfs 
Care ; or it will not be deftroyed by more Heat ; © 
but in neither Cafe will it flower as when it is 
Few have feen how glorious a Plant it is, for 
want of knowing or attending to this Method of 
its Culture, 
Tt is commonly known by the Name of the 
Purple Socotrine Aloe. 
ComMMELINE’ s Name has given Rife to this; 
for he calls it, Aloe Socotrina augupifolia fpinofa 
flore purpureo. ) 
Linn us calls it, Aloe floribus pedunculatis cer 
nuis fubcylindricis: Aloe with drooping fubcylin- 
_dric Flowers placed upon Foot-italks. © 
The Root is thick and of an irregular Shape, 
covered with a brown Bark, and hung with ma- 
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