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mostly weak, and do not produce half tlie num- 

 ber ot flowers as when in t;in ; but the Fragrant 

 Aletris has not yet flowered when kept in tlie 

 dry stove in this cUniate. These should not be 

 set out in the open air, even in the summer 

 months". 



Tile fif;h sort will likewise require the same 

 sort ol management, as being constantly under the 

 protection ot the stove. 



The more hardy sorts arc highlv ornamental 

 in borders, clumps, and other compartments 

 about the house ; and those of the more tender 

 kinds aflbrd a pleasing variety in the stove and 

 trreenhouse. 

 ^ ALEXANDRIAN LAUREL. See Ruscus. 



ALKANET. bee Ancucsa. 



ALLEY, a narrow path, formed bv treading 

 the mould down with the feet, between beds, 

 borders, and other parts in gardens, for the con- 

 venience of performing diflerent operations in the 

 cultivation of the plants that grow upon tliem, 

 and in gathering the different kinds of pro- 

 duce. Thev should be made of diflerent breadths, 

 according to the extent of ground, and the na- 

 ture of the vegetables that are to be grown upon 

 them. Where the beds are extensive, and the 

 plants upon them of tall growth, or where ma- 

 nure, water, and other materials are to be con- 

 veyed along them, thev should seldom have less 

 breadth than from t\\ o to two feet and a half. 

 The cross alleys, that divide and separate diflerent 

 large compartments, should likewise have tlic 

 same dimensions. Between beds of aspara- 

 gus, they should never be less than two feet ; but 

 tor strawberries and diflerent sorts of plants of 

 the herbaceous aromatic kinds, a foot and a half 

 may be fully suflicient. In dividing the smaller 

 sorts of beds, such as those of onions, leeks, car- 

 rots, parsnips, beet, spinach, endive, lettuce, and 

 other similar crops, one foot will in general be 

 fully suflicient : and for diflerent crops of the 

 seedling description, such as those of the cab- 

 bage, cauliflower, brocoli, celer\-, and other sorts 

 of the same nature, ten inches mav aflbrd space 

 enough for the purpose of perfonninir the ope- 

 rations of pricking them out, weeding, waterinsr, 

 and draw ing such as arc in a state to be trans- 

 planted. 



In flower-gardens, courts, and other places 

 about the house, alleys are frequentiv desicmed 

 lor the purpose of producing an ornamental ef- 

 fect, as well as for the convenience of cultivatins 

 and managing the flowers: in these cases thev 

 should never have less breadth than two feet, and 

 be made with the finest and best coloured gravel, 

 sand, or other materials, and the beds be pre- 

 viously edged with box, thrift, or some other 



plant proper for the use. The beds of pink5,cro- 

 euscs, tulips, hyacinths, ranunculuses, anemo- 

 nes, and other flowers of the more beautiful kinds, 

 mav be separated from each other in this wav. 



ALLICATOR fear. Sec Laiuus. ' 



ALLIL'.M, a genus comprehending Garliek, 

 Onion, and Leek, which are mostly bulbous-rooted 

 plants, cultivated for culinarv uses. 



It belongs to the class and order Hexandria 

 ISloiiogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Spalliuceec. 



The characters of which are : that the calvx is 

 a common spatha or sheath ; roundish, shrivel- 

 ling, and many-flowered : the corolla consists of 

 six oblong petals : the stamina have six filaments, 

 subulate, generally of the length of the corolla : 

 the anthers are obloiig and upnoht : the pistilluni 

 has a germ superior, short, blundv three-cornered, 

 the corners being marked with a grooved line: 

 style simple, stigma acute : the pericarpium is a 

 capsule, very short, broad, three-lobed, three- 

 celled, and three-vahxd ; and the seeds are maiiy 

 and roundish. 



In the Garliek kind the specie? arc extremely 

 numerous ; but those that are chiefly cultivated 

 for domestic uses, or the purpose of ornament, 

 arc: 1. ^1. sathuin, Common Garliek; 2. ^. 

 Scot 0(1 op ras urn, Rocambole; 3. yl. ^lolij. Com- 

 mon Yellow Molv; 4. A. sulh'irsiittnn. Hairy 

 White Molv; 5. A. spluerocep/ia/on, Spherical- 

 headed Purple Moly ; 6. yi. roseum. Rose-co- 

 loured Montpelier Garliek ; "i .A.fiaintm, Straw- 

 coloured Pendulous Moly; 8. A. magiatm, Great 

 Purple Moly; 9. A. victorialh. Elliptical Garliek ; 

 10. A. descendens, Oval Purple-headed GarUck. 



The first species, or Common Garliek, has 

 many bulbs, commonly called cloves, invested 

 with a white skin : the leaves arc linear, long, 

 and narrow, like those of gra^s. It is said to be 

 found wild in the island of Sicily. 



The second sort, or Rocambole, has compound 

 bulbs ; but the cloves are smaller than those of 

 Connnon Garliek. The stem rises from two to 

 three feet high, and bears many small bulbs at to^, 

 which may be used as well as those of the root. 

 The leaves are plane indented, every line havintja 

 two-edged vagina. It is found wild in Sweden. 



The third species has the three outer petals 

 spreading, the inner ones erect. It was for- 

 merly much preserved in gardens for the sake of 

 its yellow flowers ; but having a very strong car- 

 lick scent, it has not been lately so much culti- 

 vated. It is a native of Hungary. 



The fourth has the bulb the size of a hazel 



nut: the sterna foot or eighteen inches hisrh, 



round, smooth, and solid : the lower leaves 



grassy, enibracing the stalk, rccliuing a little ou 



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