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Show The third Sort was formerly in greater Efteem than at prefent, it being rarely cultivated in Gardens, but is found ‘wild in moift 1d; and fhady Places in many Parts of E maybe cultivated by planting the Rootsin a moift fhady Border at almoft any Timeof the Year ; but the beft Seafon is.in Fuly, juft as the green Leaves are decayi Thefe Trees may be alfo planted on the Sides of Brooks (as is ufual for Willows) where they will fee exceedingly, and may be cut for Poles every third This Wood isin great XR guett y ers, and will endure a Jor pround, or to be laid in Wate t Time ‘ear under- ubro. H, A. The African Aloe Tree, with at long fmooth Leaves without Spines. s, Africana caulefcens, “follis glaucis dorfo integro Re 3 ALNUS, nicra gula ALMOND-TREE; cliorum parte p Rar. , with fhorter glaucous L eaves, ind Spines within and ALOE, C ALMOND DWARE ; vide Perfica . Com. ftalk’d Aloe: with glaueaves furroundingthe Stalks, and Spines growing onn the Backoff the Leav €s. ay [fo call’d; guod al ecaufe nourifh’d by a River.] t ORir, There is a great Variety of this Plant the curious Gardens of Botany in £; which are Natives both of the i ndi ut moft of tl brought from the Cape of Gooc rotune Tithe Attend firft enumerate their Kinds, and t The Dwarf African Aloe, with Leaves arm’d with Spines id Warts, Axor, Africana humilis, foliis ex albo . sie Rar. The Dwarf Afric Aloe, with green and white variegated Leaves, commor ld, the Partridge Breaft é by ftrong Winds. If you raife them by laying down Branches, it auft be perform’din February March , and, by the February following, they will have taken Roots fufficient to be tran{fplanted out ; which muft be done, by digging ery Part of 1 Plc black ss diét : Months at leaft before it i 5, margine 2 rubro. Com. is uled, obferving to turn it over often in this Time. Rh American with Bier ferrated Tiedtes, eall’d in the Weftindie5, Silk-Grafs. Atoz, Americana Jobo H, L. ‘The ‘Gtier Aloe, which produces young Plants out of the Flow Pe Ste ms. 8. ALoz, vulg C. B. The common Barbadoes ‘Aloe. Succotrine The Soil in which thefe Plants thri onehalf frefh light Earth from a Com (and if the Turf is taken with it, and rotted, it is much better); the reft fhould be white Sea-Sand, and fifted Lime-Rubbifh, of each an equal Part; mix the pines. rues { a Hole, and loofening the Earth in the “Plac ‘The African ftallky “Al he with glaucous where each Plant is to ftand, planting the ferrated Leavesand red F‘lowe rs. young T at leaft a Foot and a half deep, 10. ALog, Africana ca cutting off the Top to about nine Inches above is ab utrdque parte 104 the Surface, which will occafion them to fhoot The j common large fpotted African “1 out many Branches. call 1, The Carolina “Moe. The Diftance thefe Trees fhould be plac’d, ¢ (if defign’d for a Coppice) is fix Feet fquare ; d, if the fmall lateral Shoots are taken off in the Spring, it will very much ftrengthen your fae d fri >» with e upright Poles, provided you leave a few{mall glaucous, 7. e bluer or gtayer Shoots at Diftances upon the Body thereof former: to detain the Sap for the Increafe of its 12, ALoz, Bull : triangular-leav’d African lloe, with white Tuber ning, of March, which blownout of the Ground The ttalky African Aloe, a4 uncheons about three Feet in Length, in at leaft, two Feet, Rar. with lefs Ielacoue Leaves furrounding the Stalks, with Sspines on the Back-fide of the Leaves at the Extremity prropagated either by Layers, or planting of he longiffimo Themute An with knot undulated variegated Leaves. 35. Arok, Zeylanica, pumila, , is Par, Bat. The DwarfZeylon Aloe, with variegated Leaves. Spino, commonlarge Scarlet Alder. This Sort found in.a Meadownear Long-leet, by ‘ewer, fome Years fince 3 but it is a N r iS Doubt, whether it is < diftine&t S oe> OF fome accidental Variety. Thefe, Tree ight in a very moift Soil, where few other Trees will thrive, and isa great Impré vement to fuch Lands: They are be thruft ir i us luteis fe PH ES ke Achcan “Aloe ith long narrow triangul Leaves, and fti iking yellow Flowers, commor calld, Iris Uvari 34. pcs 30. i ALOE, # fhowld ‘be fharpen’d at one End, and the Ground loofened with an Inftrument before they are thruft into it, left, by the Hardnefs ofthe Soil, the Bark fhould be torn off, which may occafion their Mi iage. They fhould vulgo. commonly call’d, the Hedg e-hog to their Culture. ,» or the B can Aloe, with glaucous Leaves furrounding the Stalks. 30. Anoz, Africana caulefcens, fe glaucis caulem ample€tentibus, floribus rub Sword Aloe; vulg6. BT: — Americana foliis ex ps! & viridi eleganter variegatis. Hort. Beaum. The ftrip’d American Aloe. 32. Ator, Afi & a icous Leaves, and Sides of the Leaves at the om. E T he ‘Common interna armato. Boer. Ind. The ftalky African Aloe; with thick dark green Leaves arm’d with Spines on the Back-fide of the Leaves. 29. Ator, Africana caulefcens, fe caulem amplectentibus. H. A. The tt alky“Afri- The firft of thefe cofis, cat The African olore. with plain Paves growing oppofite, and are full with red Flowers. African Aloe, with dark are fet very t , With refpect to Cold, and has, dur’d abroad, being in mild Wir planted in a very Soil, and under a th Wall; kept in Pots or houfe with Orange \ 3 have very little Moilture i of the other Sorts are | sr airy Glafs-Cafe, in wh y but may be non Greenbut muft finter. Moft preferv’d in an re is a Stove to makealittle Fire in very bad Weather dry and warmthe Airin fc » cold, or wet Weather, and to prevent the Froft from en- tring the Houfe. The fifth, fixth, feventh, eighteenth, thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth Sorts pean a greater Share of Heat to preferve them in Winter, and fhould be fet in a enigee, of Heat (mark’d nearly to the D and kept upon Mr. Fowler’s Botanical. Thermometers) leed moft ten Degrees above temperate. “the other Sorts may be smperature of He j you muft obferve, |
