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are thofe of the Common Sort. The 

 Flowers are of a fine purplilh Co- 

 lour on their Oatiide, and a clear 

 White within ; which are produc'd 

 in a long, clofe Spike, and make a 

 very beautiful Appearance ; but thefe 

 do not flower oftener than once in 

 tour or rive Years, which is always 

 in Autumn ; fo that they never pro- 

 duce any Seeds in this Country. 



The threaded Sort is not fo com- 

 mon as the others in the Enghjh 

 Gardens ; but as it is a Native of 

 Virginia, it might eafily be procu- 

 red in Plenty from thence. The Ca- 

 rolina Sort hath been railed of late 

 Years from Seeds which came from 

 thence, and is now pretty common 

 in England. 



All thefe Plants are eiiher propa- 

 gated by Seeds, when obtain 'd from 

 Abroad ; or elfe from OrT lets or 

 Heads taken from the old Plants, af- 

 ter the manner of Aloes. 



When they are raifed from Seeds, 

 they fhould be fown in Pots hii'd with 

 frelh light E.xrth, and plunged into 

 a moderate Hot-bed, where the 

 Plants will come up in five or iix 

 Weeks after; and when they are two 

 or three inches high, they mould be 

 tranfplanted each into a feparate 

 fmall Pot filled with freHi light 

 Earth, and plung'd into the Hot- 

 bed ; where the Plants mould have 

 Air and Water in proportion to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon, and the Eed 

 wherein they are placM. 



In July they mould be enured, 

 by degrees to bear the open Air ; 

 into which they mud be remov'd, to 

 harden them before Winter ; placing 

 them in a weil-lhelter'd Situa:ion, 

 where they may remain until the 

 Beginning of Gttober, when they 

 muli be removed into the Greqn- 

 houfe, where they may be ranged 

 ftuiongft the hardier Sorts of Alo^s, 

 and iiiould be treated in lha fame 



manner as hath been already directed 

 for them ; to which the Reader is 

 dt fired to turn, for furtner InUTU- 

 clions. 



When thefe Plants have acquired 

 Strength, thofe of the commo i Sort 

 may be afterward turned out into a 

 warm Border, where they will en- 

 dure the Cold of our ordinary W n- 

 ters very well ; but the other Sorts 

 murt be kept in Pots, that they may 

 be theltcrM in Winter? and if they 

 are treated in the fame way as the 

 large American Aloe, they will do 

 very well. 



The OiF-fets taken from the old 

 Plants (hould be laid in a dry Place, 

 for a Week or ten Days, before they 

 are planted, that their Wounds may 

 heal ; otherwise they will befubject 

 to rot with Moifture. 



As the fecond and third Sorts do 

 not put out OfF-lecs fo plentifully as 

 the firft, fo, in order to propagate 

 them, the Heads of the Pian^ may 

 be cut OiF in June ; and after having 

 laid the wounded Part to dry, the 

 Heads may be planted, which will 

 loon take Root, provided tne Pots 

 are plunged into a moderate Hot- 

 bed ; and this cutting oft the Heads 

 will occafion the Stems to put out 

 Suckers, which they feldom do with- 

 out ; fo that, by this Merhod, the 

 Plant;, may be obtaia'd in Plenty. 



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ACINTHA, Warted Succory, 



The Characters are ; 



lc hath a flfcuhus Flu-veer, con- 

 Jijhnq of many tla If floret s, CQnftantly 

 rejVi.tg on tbi Embryoa, and included 

 in a fcLtly Empnlement : the Empalt- 

 m:nt afterward become a~ furrowed 

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