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fond of llieni with their other meats, as the French are at pre- 

 sent. The}- are little noticed now in Eng:land though in the 

 time of Henry the 8th they were in almost every garden. 



ONIONS, 18. 



Onions have been admired from the earliest ages. The Israel- 

 ites miirniered for them in the wilderness. Theophrastus 

 among the Greeks wrote a treatise upon them. Tlie Egyptians 

 worshipped them. The Romans cultivated them extensively. 

 They have been cultivated here immemorially. The Welsh 

 Onion was brought here from Siberia in IG29- 



LEEKS. 3. 



The Leek is said to be a native of Switzerland which is very 

 doubtful. The Romans had the best from Egypt; they were 

 first brought into esteem among them by the Emperor Nero, 

 They have been known in this country from a very early age. 

 They were conimon in the days of St. David who died about 

 A. D. 544. 



CHIVES. 1. ROCHAMBOLE. 1. 



GARLIC. 



This was detested by the politer Greeks and Romans. It 

 was cultivated here at the time of Henry the 8th. 



SIIALOT. 



This is a native of Palestine; it was introduced to Rome 

 from Ascalon in Syria, of which the present name is a corrup- 

 tion. It was first cultivated in England in 1048. 



ASPARAGUS. 2. 



