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Allium Ampeloprasum, Linn<$. 



The British Leek. Middle and Southern Europe, Western Asia 

 and North- Africa. Called in culture the Summer-Leek, a variety of 

 which is the Pearl-Leek. The specific name arose already from 

 Dioscorides' writings. 



Allium Ascalonicum, Linn. 



The Shallot. South- Western Asia. Specific name already used by 

 Theophrastos and Plinius. 



Allium Canadense, Kalm. 



Eastern North-America. This Garlic could be cultivated or 

 naturalized on moist meadows for the sake of the tops of its bulbs, 

 which are sought for pickles of superior flavor. 



Allium Cepa, Linn. 



Wild in Turkestan (Dr. A. Hegel). The ordinary Onion. At 

 Aschersleben and Quedlinburg alone about 130,000 Ibs. of onion-seeds 

 are raised annually (B. Stein). The specific name in use already by 

 Plinius and Columna. Raw onions quench excessive thirst. One 

 of the staple-products of Bermuda (Sir J. Lefroy). 



Allium. flstulosum, Linn. 



Central Asia. The Welsh Onion. 



Allium Porrum, Linn. 



The Leek. Regarded by Gay and Regel as a cultural variety of 

 A. Ampeloprasum. 



Allium roseum, 



Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. This; with Allium Neapoli- 

 tanum (Cyrillo), one of its companions, yields edible bulbs, according 

 to Heldreich. 



A Ilium rubellum, Bieberstein. (A. kptophyllum, Wallich.) 



The Himalayan Onion. Captain Pogson regards the bulbs as 

 sudorific; they are of stronger pungency than ordinary onions; the 

 leaves form a good condiment. 



Allium sativum, C. Bauhin. 



The Garlic. Soongarei and in the farthest N.W. of India, as shown 

 by Dr. von Regel. Nearest allied to A. Scorodoprasum. The "Al- 

 lium" of Plinius. 



Allium Schcenoprasum, 



The Chives. Europe, Northern Asia and North- America. Culti- 

 vated in Norway to latitude 70 22' (Schuebeler). Available for 

 salads and condiments. This species of Allium seems here not yet so 

 generally adopted in our culinary cultivation as other congeners. 



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