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An essay on the large common American aloe, : with a particular account of that which is now in bloom in the Gardens of George Montgomerie, Esq; at Chippenham near Newmarket in the County of Cambridge.

by: Spencer, James (Gardener)

Publication date: 1759

Topics: Montgomerie, George, 1712-1766, Chippenham Hall (England : Cambridgeshire). Gardens, Aloe, Yucca, Botanical gardens -- England -- Chippenham (Cambridgeshire), Imprint 1759

Publisher: [Bury St. Edmunds, England] : Printed and sold by William Green, stationer in Cook-Row, Bury St. Edmund's : and by John Crick, school-master, at Chippenham aforesaid

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana; globallibraries

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: English

iv, [1], 6-30 pages, [2] p. ; 20 cm (8vo)

"Of the use of this plant", p. 19-27, lists the locations which aloe grows as Mexico, the West Indies, South America, and other warm climates not in America. The yucca plant is also mentioned in this chapter

Signatures: A-D⁴ (A1 verso, D4 blank)

Engraved printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials