114 ALLIACEOUS PLANTS. 



CHAPTER II. 

 ALLIACEOUS PLANTS. 



The Give. Garlic. Leek. Onion. Rocambole. Shallot. Welsh 

 Onion. 



THE GIVE. 



Chive. Allium schoenoprasum. 



HE Give is a hardy, bulbous-rooted, perennial 

 plant, indigenous to France and Great Britain. 

 The leaves, which are produced in tufts, are 

 seven or eight inches in length, erect and 

 cylindrical, or awl-shaped. The bulbs are 

 white, oval, and of small size ; usually measuring about 

 half an inch in diameter. The flower-stalk rises to the 

 height of the leaves, and produces, at its extremity, a globu- 

 lar group of purplish, barren flowers. 



Propagation and Culture. As the plant seldom, if ever, 

 produces seeds, it is always propagated by a division of the 

 roots, or bulbs. These are produced in compact groups, or 

 bunches, seven or eight inches in diameter. 



The bulbs are planted in May, two or three together, in 

 rows fifteen or eighteen inches apart, twelve or fifteen inches 

 apart in the rows, and covered two or three inches deep. 

 They require little attention, increase rapidly, and will be 

 ready for use the following spring. If not cut to excess, a 

 plantation will continue ten years. 



Use. The young leaves are the parts of the plant used ; 



