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Shape. Round bumps, oblong, very long, kid- 

 ney- fliaped, irregularly knobbed, and many other 

 forts. 



Time of Ripening. Very early, fo as to have 

 the flalks quite decayed in Auguft j very late, fo as 

 to have the bulbs only beginning to be formed in 

 the middle of 06tober, and an infinite diverfity 

 between them. 



Stems. Tall and robuft, weak and dwarfifh, 

 branching at the top, branching greatly from the 

 root, quite upright, and naked as a ftaff, &c. &c. 



Manner of Growth. T)ie bulbs adhering 

 quite clofe to the ftem in a clufter like a bunch of 

 grapes ; others rambling to a great diftance from 

 the (Icm, adhering to long fibres running wide in 

 every diredlion, and intermediate diverfities of 

 many forts. 



Size of Bulbs. Some large as a hen's egg, 

 others very fmall, not much bigger than peafe, and 

 intermediate varieties. 



Prolificacy. Some producing an ifnmcnfe 

 number, as high as 140 at one (lem, others afford- 

 ing few, as low as two or three only. 



Vol. V. K Skin. 



