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iin-ii (..\i;i)i.\i\( 



cliiiihi-i-x nr.> now in full urowt li. mi t h.-.' u ill ik.'.I 

 s|n'(ial attt'iitioii to t\iiiv; in i>f \\w \uuim wtMnl. 

 to pn-Vfiit any (iaii>aK<- lifiiii; done !>> r<»u^'li 

 winds. In tyin^ allow ani])li- room for the Ki-owtli 

 to cxj.and, ' otiiciwis.' tin- st.-rns mas 1m- .uI 

 tlironitli anil ><• ilisli^Mir.- tin- plants. 



With til.- advanc.' of the s.-ason Kosr jdanl- 

 will In- ^;ro\\in^: fn-i-h. Take rv«'r\ precaution to 

 waril ..JT attacks of urcrnlly. wliicli arc so liaMc 

 tti inft'sl tlic points of ><>nnn ^Mowin^' slu.ots. 

 l^uassia I'lxtract. ap|>licd in the cvcninir accor<lin^' 

 to instructions ^rivcn on the tin. is a safe and 

 i-tTcctivc rcni.-dy. The Kos.- Ic.if c.ilcrpiil.ii' nnisl 

 l)f .severely ileal t with. ..t li.i \\ i-. ii ~ pi.-, im .• m.iv 

 very soon spoil niaiiv 

 »• hoice V a rie t ies . 

 Ilaiul-pickin^ is the 

 hest plan to keep this 

 tniuhlesonie pest at 

 l.av. Ke.-p the soil 

 well hoe.l h.-tween the 

 lilants and u've co- 

 l»ioussupplies of w .ill I 

 in drv weath.r. 



M. !». 



Olearia oleifolia. 



Tiii^ .,MMi.> u.o in- 

 trodu.ed to the Bo- 

 tanic (iardens. (Uas- 

 rii'vin. some seven <ii 

 ei^'id years a^ro. It 

 li as i» r o v ed (| iii 1 . 

 hardv, a-fid from .1 

 small specim.-n has 

 urow n into a niie 

 hush. Flowers are 

 freely produced, and 

 Kood seeds usuallv 

 follow. The llowers 

 are ratlier similar to 

 those of (). Haastii. 

 hut till- leaves are 

 much larL'er and the 

 hahit of th<> plan) 

 more open and less 

 stiff than the latter 

 species. H. 



The Ground or 

 Potato Onion.* 



well 



I r t s 



()i,i;ai{I.\ 



iai'-ely 



This vaiiety 



k n o w M i M 



of Ireland, and until re.-enth 



Srown. 



This |)lant has been descrihed as lieino; a native 

 of Egypt, or at least, asliavin^r heen br«>uglit from 

 that country l)y the British Army in tlie eaily 

 ])art. of the eijihteenth centurv. 



It nnist be admitted that a"i)l<>"t whidi bears 

 an additional number of l)ulbs is more likely to 

 })e a native of a dry and warm climate than a 

 plant wliich is vivipai-ous. The time of the 

 introduction, however, is not certain, since it was 

 known and cultivated in the south ami west of 

 England sojin- years jnior to the Egvptain 

 Expedition. If it" be a native of Egypt, or i.f any 

 other warm country, it is. indeed, a hardy one. 

 since it bears the alteration of the seasons and 



l.-i^t- the all.irk-^ of ins.Tt- mil. it helter. it is 

 sai.l. than tlo' common onion. 



IM.ANTlNti. The hulhs are plant<-d in the 

 middle of wintir. and up till lati- in Mar. h an 

 old siiying. • plant the sh .rtest day and dig the 

 longesi." is fairly correit ahoul 1 li inches jipart 

 .111(1 I inches deep, in la/.y heds or ridges, and as 

 I he tops .'Ippear tilev ate i-a li lied up like potatoes. 

 Bv tlie mi.ldle of the sumni.-i' the earth is tak.-n 

 Ir.'.m around the hulhs to allow the sun to drv 

 I hem olT foi- removing and storing. The si/.e .ind 

 numher of new hulhs depend veiv mu< h on the 

 •>i/,.. .,f tli..se that have be.-n idanted : hut the> 

 ilw.iN- \ I.I.I .1 pi ipnrli-iiiately large in<-re;»se. 



Soil.. - A rich niel- 

 lo\\ ground, on a drv 

 sub-soil. i> Die mo>t 

 fa voura 1. 1 e to t he 

 gnwth and ke.ping 

 .(ualilies of the bidb: 

 rank manun- should 

 not he used, in fact 

 if the soil is new. no 

 manure is necessary. 



.\iiother method ."-m- 

 ployed in thepropaga- 

 1 i o n is when the 

 onions have shot out 

 their leaves to th.-ir 

 lull size, and when 

 lli.v h.'gin t'. get .'I 

 lillle brown at the 

 t..p. all th.' soil i> 

 , 1, are.l awav from 

 llir bulb down t.. the 



liim from whence pro- 

 ceeds the libre of the 

 r.M.ts. atul there is 

 formed a basin round 

 r.ich bulb whi<h 

 ., itches tlu- rain. The 

 old )>ulhs then im- 

 mediately begin to 

 form new ones ; and 

 il thev are kept pro- 

 perlv moist, ami the 

 ground goo.l. the 

 clu.sters will be very 

 large and numerous, 

 besides, bulbs grown 

 tlius above gi-ouml are 

 nuich Ixarder than 

 tlvise grown below 

 gi'ound. and will keep 

 much lift ter.~ /.'/(/■ "r/'.s 

 1 '(ifi\<ih\c K'uKjilom. 



Onion Sets or Bulblets.* 



A .MKTiioD of imjiroving the si/.e of onions by 

 transplanting them was rerommeTided bv 

 Woilidge .so early as the lieginning of t he 

 seventeenth century in his " Systema Horti- 

 cultma!.' and this practi<-e has lately been 

 i-evived with gi-eat success by some eminent 

 lioit iciiltui-ists. 



The theory on which it is founded is extremely 

 ingenious. Every plant which lives longer than 

 one veai' generates the sap or vegetable blood, 

 which will el.iborate the leaves and roots of the 

 succeeding sjuing. 



♦ Kindly sent by a correspondent. 



Kindly sent l)y a correspondent. 



