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coal, and the like, round about the vines when they first 

 come up, or by applying the liquid recommended in page 

 19 of the General Remarks. After this is done, the plants 

 may be thinned to two or three in a hill, and the ground 

 carefully hoed, drawing a little earth round them at the same 

 time. The vines should be kept free from weeds, and if the 

 weather proves dry, a gentle watering now and then, given 

 in the evening, will be of considerable service. 



Picklers may be raised by planting the seed at any time 

 in July. When the vines begin to bear, they should be looked 

 over, and the fruit gathered as soon as it becomes fit, as the 

 plant will cease to bear much if the fruit be permitted to get 

 yellow. 



CHIVES, OR GIVES. 

 CIVETTE. Jillium schanoprasum. 



THIS is a small species of Onion, and grows in large tufts ; 

 it is propagated by offsets from the roots, and may be 

 planted either in spring or autumn, in rows ten or twelve 

 inches apart, and the bulbs three or four inches apart in the 

 rows ; they will soon take root, and increase very fast, form- 

 ing large bunches of bulbs. They make handsome edging 

 for beds or borders. 



EGG-PLANT. 

 MELONGENE AU AUBERGINE. Solarium melongena. 



VARIETIES 

 Purple, for cooking. I White, for ornament. , 



THE seed of the Purple Egg-plant may be sown in a hot- 

 bed about the first of March ; and the sashes must be kept 

 down close until the plants come up, after which a little air 



