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plies also to the garlic. It is grown with about the same 

 cultivation as the onion, and the planting season is of the 

 same duration. The method is by planting the bulblets, 

 or * ' cloves, ' ' taken out of the silvery skin which covers the 

 bunch, and planted like onion sets about six inches apart 

 in rows one foot distant from each other. It may also be 

 grown by planting whole cases of sets one foot apart in 

 the rows. The planting should be rather shallow and the 

 soil should be light and well cultivated to allow the free 

 expansion of the bulb. 



CHIVES. 



These are small plants, whose leaves have the onion 

 flavor desired in cookery. They are grown from the small 

 bulbs, and from thick clumps or an edging for permanent 

 garden beds. The leaves are shorn off whenever desired, 

 and are most excellent for giving a mild onion flavor to 

 salads and soups. 



CIBOULE. 



Another plant used like chives, but of taller growth, is 

 the Welch onion, or ciboule. It makes no bulb, but seeds 

 freely, and the plant develops rapidly to cutting condi- 

 tion. The cultivation is the same as of onions grown from 

 seed. 



SHALLOT. 



Both the bulbs and leaves of this plant are used to give 

 the onion flavor in cookery. Propagation is the same as 

 that of chives, by means of the small bulbs, and the cul- 

 ture is the same as of onions grown from sets. 



