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Pl. XII. 
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eS be had; andthe beft Method of its Pro- - 
pagation is by parting the Roots. 
To this Purpofe let the Gardener wait till the 
Stalks which flowered, are decayed; that is the 
Period of Reft for the Roots; and they are then 
to be parted without Danger. Let this be done 
with a careful Hand, and the principal Root very 
lightly touched. 
Fill as many Pots with the Compoft jutt de- 
fcribed, as there are Roots for planting, and 
place each carefully in the middle of the Pot. 
‘Cover it two Inches with the fame Soil, and give 
the Earth a gentle Watering. 
Set the Pots in a warm fhady Place, and once 
in four Days very lightly forinkle tl the Mould till Nov. | 
they begin to fhoot. When the Stalks have a — 
few Inches height, let the Waterings be larger 
and more frequent. 
In the Beginning of September they muft be fet 
among the Exotics ; and at the fupproach of cold | 
Nights | removed into the Green-houfe. 
Thus they will flourifh perfectly well, and be- 
ginning to flower about this Seafon, will continue 
thro’ the whole Winter. In March the flower- 
ing Seafon will bé overs and the Stalks will foon 
after begin to decay ; but they rife again in all 
their Vigour in the Beginning of Auguf, and zi 
flower as in the preceding Seafon, 
4 YELLOW CLUSTER FLOWERED ALOE, 
The Aloes are in general handfome Plants, and | 
they fucceed one another very happily at this 
Seafon ; when Flowers in general are {carce. 
This is an elegant Kind; and deferves the 
more Regard, as it differs from the Generality, | 
particularly in the Colour of the Flowers, as 
well as in their Difpofition: the Leaves alfo have 
their Singularity. 
Its Characters are fo paneer impreffed, that 
moft who have written of it, have called it by 
the Name of Aloe. 
_ Linn aus diftinguifhes the Species by the Title, | 
: Ave floribus feffilibus reflexis imbricatis prifmaticis : 
Aloe with prifmatick Flowers hanging downward 
ever one another, and having no Foot-ftalks. 
The Root is thick and yellow, and fends 
out numerous, large, and very long Fibres. 
The Leaves rife in a great Clufter, and they 
- are extreamly long and narrow; of a triangular 
Shape, and of a deep green Colour; they are 
involved together at the Bafes, and with good. 
Culture, will rife to five Feet in Height. 
The Stalk rifes finely in the Centre; and is 
_ round, thick, upright, and five Feot high. Up- 
on the Top of this are placed the F lowers. 
They ftand in a vaft Clufter, one laid above 
another; and they are large, and of avery deep | 
{trong yellow. They are fingly, of the Length 
and Thicknefs of a Child’s Finger. © 
_ .This is all greatly to the Advantage of the 
Plant : but its Scent is difagreeable ; it is not 
however ftrong, or offenfive, unlefs purpofely 
{melt. 
The Flowers, whofe Form is truly that of 
the Aloe Kind, fhould have prevented Error, in 
Refpect of the Genus, but they have not done fo , 
univerfally. 
This is the Plant which Breynivs has cal- 
led Iris uvaria flore luteo: ied to it by Bo- 
pus in his Commentaries upon THEOPHRASTUS, 
who tho’ he has figured the Plant, yet led 
by its Leaves inftead of regarding the Flow- 
ers, has called it bya like Name. 
Our Student when he fees the Flower hol- 
low, and placed naked on the Stalk, divided 
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at the Edge into fix Segments, and contain- 
ing as many Filaments, can no more miftake 
its Genus than its Clafs: he will know it to be 
an Aloe, one of the Hexandria, and by its fingle 
Style, which is very obvious, as foon as the 
| Flower is torn open, he will know it t belongs ale 
fo to the Monogynia, 
Culture of the YELLow CivsTEReD ALor. 
" The. Native Country of this Aloe, is thé 
Cape of Good Hope, and it there lives only in 
damp rich Soils. The black Mould, which is 
| the common Soil of the fwampy Places, in 
that Country, is its natural Ground. 
This is very different from the Soil in which 
the Aloes in general delight, and it thews alfo, 
that more frequent and large Waterings are re- 
quired for this; than, for any of the other Spe- 
cles. 
This muft be the Method of bringing the 
Plant to Perfection here: and this fhews the 
great Error of thofe Gardeners; who following 
the Inftructions of Writers, no more capable 
than themfelves, of tracing in the Volumes of 
the Learned, the true Account of the Species, 
or learning their difting Nature, order one Soil 
for all the Kinds: as if, becaufe the Name of 
a Plant were Aloe, it therefore demanded a : 
particular Degree of Drynefs, or of Moifture, 
in the Soil fupporting it. : 
According to thefe Inftructions, here propofed 
| from Nature, let this Aloe have a peculiar Com- 
_ poft, 
thus orenaréd. 
altogether different from the others, and 
Juft pare away the Turf in a wet rich Meadow, 
and take of the fine black Mould that lies under 
it four Bufhels, . add to this of Marle one 
Bufhel ; of Wood-pile Earth three Pecks, and 
one Peck of Cow-dung. 
Let this be laid together, two Months, or 
more, turning it once in a Fortnight, and . it will 
then be ready for Service. 
In this the Plants-areto be propagated by Means ~ 
of thofe Suckers, or Off-fets, which they yield in 
Na? - abun- 
