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bloom. The beds are also liberally enriched with manure or vege- 
table refuse in the course of the winter. 
By this system all the worry, labour, and expense attendant 
on the propagation of verbenas in spring are avoided, and an earlier 
and better display of bloom is secured. 
REPORT ON ONIONS GROWN AT CHISWICK 
BY THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE COMMITTEE OF THE ROYAL 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Abridged from the Official Report by A, F. Barron, Gardener-in-Chief. 
eeemmeney {1 seed was sown on March 16 in well-pulverized mode- 
MRA B44 rately rich soil, which had the previous season been 
SER: well manured for celery. The season was, on the whole, 
favourable for the growth of onions, so that the trial 
was so far of a very satisfactory character. Altogether 
155 samples were sown, representing ninety-eight different names, 
of which number twexty are here described as quite distinct. The 
report only extends to those varieties which have been proved to be 
well adapted for spring sowing and early autumn or winter use, the 
remainder of the Tripoli and Silver-skinned sections being again 
submitted for trial as autumn-sown onions. 
1. Wuire Spanisn [synonyms, Banbury (Perry), Banbury 
Improved, Nuneham Park, Improved Nuneham Park, Reading, 
Improved Reading, Naseby Mammoth (Carter & Co.), Oxonian 
Prize (Nutting & Son), Cutbush’s A 1 (Cutbush & Sons), Portugal 
Cantello’s Prize (Waite, Burnell, & Co.) |—Most generally culti- 
vated. Of free growth, ripens off early and well; bulbs large, 
measuring about 12 inches in circumference, and from 2 to 23 inches 
in thickness; flattened, the base broad, flat, frequently a little 
hollowed and uneven, somewhat globular towards the stalk in the 
best forms. Skin pale straw, flesh firm and solid, almost white, and 
of excellent quality. Keeps in good condition to March. The 
Banbury and Nuneham Park types were the most approved. 
2. Larae SrrRaw-coLovreD (Vilmorin) [syn., Yellow Flat (Hovey 
& Co.) |—Only distinguishable from the White Spanish by the darker 
colouring of the outer skins. 
Yellow Lescure (Vilmorin), Yellow Cambraia (Vilmorin).— 
Considered very spurious stocks of the Large Straw-coloured. 
3, Wurtz Gropr.—Of free growth, forming a small neck; ripens 
off early and well; bulbs from 9 to 10 inches in circumference, and 
22 inches in depth; globular or obovate, with a finely rounded 
high crown. Skin pale straw, an excellent keeping sort, and much 
esteemed. 
White Intermediate, Oscar (Cutbush and Sons).—Mixed and in- 
different stocks of White Globe and White Spanish. 
4, Trepons (Vilmorin et Cie., Stuart & Mein).—Free but tender, 
succeeding best in a warm season, Neck somewhat gross; bulbs of 
