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frefli ones : then fill the Pot about 

 three Parts full of the above-men- 

 tioned Earth, putting a few Stones 

 in the Bottom of the Pot, to drain 

 off the Moifture ; and after placing 

 the Roots of the Plant in fuch a 

 manner as to prevent their interfere- 

 ing too much with each other, put 

 in as much of the fame Earth, as to 

 fill the Pot almoft to the Rim, and 

 obferve to make the Plant, fo as to 

 let the Earth in between the Roots ; 

 and then with your Hand fettle it 

 clofe to the Roots of the Plant, to 

 keep it fteady in the Pot ; then wa- 

 ter them gently, and fet them abroad 

 in a fhady Place, where they may 

 remain for three Weeks, giving them 

 gentle Waterings, if the Weather 

 Ihould prove hot and dry. 



Toward the Latter-end of Augufi, 

 in a dry Day, remove them into the 

 Houfe again, observing to give them 

 as much free open Air as pofiible, 

 while the Weather holds warm ; but, 

 if the Nights are cool, you muft 

 fhut up the Glaffes, and give them 

 Air only in the Day ; and, as the 

 Cold increafes, you muft decreafe- 

 opening the Glaffes ; but obferve to 

 give them gentle Waterings often, 

 till the Middle of Oclober, when you 

 muft abate them, according to the 

 Heat of the Houfe in which they 

 are kept. 



The firft Sort may be fet abroad 

 in the Beginning of May, and re- 

 main fo till Oclober ; and, in dry 

 Weather, mult have frequent, but 

 gentle Waterings, and ihould be 

 lhifted every Year, taking off all 

 the Suckers, and rotten Roots, which, 

 if fufFered to remain on, will greatly 

 retard the Growth of the Plant. 



The thirty-third Sort is very har- 

 dy, and fhould be planted abroad 

 under a good South Wall, where it 

 will thrive' and increafe much fafter 



than if kept in Pots, and will pro- 

 duce much ftronger Flowers. 



Hotv increafed.'] Thefe Aloes are 

 all increafed by Ort-fets, which fhould 

 be taken from the Mother-plant, at 

 the time when they are fhilted, and 

 muft be planted in very fmall Pots, 

 filled with the fame Earth as was di- 

 rected for the old Plants ; but if, in 

 taking the Suckers off", you obferve 

 that Part which joined to the Mo- 

 ther-root to be moift, you muft let 

 them lie out of the Ground in a 

 fhady dry Place two or three Days 

 to dry before they are planted, other- 

 wife they are very fubjeel: to rot. 



Moll of the African Sorts of Aloes 

 produce Flowers with us annually, 

 when grown to a fufficient Size, 

 which is generally the fecond, and 

 feldom more than the toird Year, 

 after planting from Oft-fcts, provi- 

 ded they are kept in a moderate De- 

 gree of Warmth in Winter ; but the 

 American Aloes (which, for the moft 

 part, produce their Flower- ftems im- 

 mediately from the Centre of the 

 Plant) feldom flower till they are 

 or a confiderable Age, and this but 

 once during the Life of the Plant j 

 for when the Flower ftem begins ro 

 moot from the Middle of the Plant 

 (which, for the moft part,, is of a 

 large Size, and grows to a great 

 Height), it draws all the Moifture 

 and Nourifhment from the Leaves, 

 fo that, as that advances, the Leaves 

 decay ; and when the Flowers are 

 fully blown, fesree any of the Leaves 

 remain alive ; but whenever this 

 happens, the old Root fends forth a 

 numerous Quantity of OfF-fets for 

 Increafe ? and it is not till this time 

 that fome of thefe Sorts can be in- 

 creafed, efpecially the fecond, third, 

 fourth, fifth, fixth, and feventh Sorts, 

 which never produce any young 

 Flants until they flower : at which 



time 



