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other dishes ; and, in some parts of Europe, are eaten in a 

 crude state with bread. 



The bulbs of the Common Garlic, as seen in the markets 

 of this country, generally average about an inch in diameter, 

 but Mclntosh states that where they are skilfully treated 

 they sometimes attain a circumference of seven and a half 

 inches. Twenty well grown bulbs weigh one pound. 



Early Rose This is a sub-variety of the Common Garlic. 



Garlic. 

 EAKLY PINK. The pellicle in which the small bulbs are enclosed 



is rose-colored ; and this is its principal distinguishing char- 

 acteristic. It is, however, nearly a fortnight earlier. 



For culinary purposes, it is not considered superior to the 

 Common Garlic. Propagation and cultivation the same ; 

 though, in warm climates, the bulbs are sometimes planted in 

 autumn. 



Great-head- This species is a hardy perennial, and is re- 

 ed Garlic. 



Vil. markable for the size of its bulbs ; which, as in 



ALI.H-M AMPELO- . . , 



PRASUM. t ne foregoing species and variety, separate into 

 smaller bulbs, or cloves. The leaves and stem somewhat 

 resemble those of the leek ; the flowers are rose-colored, and 

 are produced at the extremity of the stalk, in large, regular, 

 globular heads, or umbels ; the seeds are similar to those of 

 the Common Garlic, but are seldom used for reproduction 

 the cloves, or small bulbs, being generally employed for this 

 purpose. It is used and cultivated as the Common Garlic. 



THE LEEK. 



Allium porrum. 



The Leek is a hardy biennial, and produces an oblong, 

 tunicated bulb ; from the base of which, rootlets are put forth 



