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mostly weak, and do not produce half the num- 

 ber of flowers as when in tan ; but the Fragrant 

 Aletris has not yet flowered when kept in the 

 dry stove in this climate. These should not be 

 set out in the open air, even in the summer 

 months. 



The fifth sort will likewise require the same 

 sort of management, as being constantly under the 

 protection of the stove. 



The more hardy sorts are highly ornamental 

 in borders, clumps, and other compartments 

 about the house ; and those of the more tender 

 kinds afford a pleasing variety in the stove and 

 greenhouse. 



ALEXANDRIAN LAUREL. See Ruscus. 



ALKANET. See A.nchusa. 



ALLEY, a narrow path, formed by treading 

 the mould down with the feet, between beds, 

 borders, and other parts in gardens, for the con- 

 venience of performing different operations in the 

 cultivation of the plants that grow upon them, 

 and in gathering the different kinds of pro- 

 duce. They should be made of different breadths, 

 according to the extent of ground, and the na- 

 ture of the vegetables that are to be grown upon 

 them. Where the beds are extensive, and the 

 plants upon them of tall growth, or where ma- 

 nure, water, and other materials are to be con- 

 veyed along them, they should seldom have less 

 breadth than from two to two feet and a half. 

 The cross alleys, that divide and separate different 

 large compartments, should likewise have the 

 same dimensions. Between beds of aspara- 

 gus, they should never be less than two feet ; but 

 for strawberries and different sorts of plants of 

 the herbaceous aromatic kinds, a foot and a half 

 may be fully sufficient. In dividing the smaller 

 eorts of beds, such as those of onions, leeks, car- 

 rots, parsnips, beet, spinach, endive, lettuce, and 

 other similar crops, one foot will in general be 

 fully sufficient : and for different crops of the 

 seedling description, such as those of the cab- 

 bage, cauliflower, brocoli, celery, and other sorts 

 of the same nature, ten inches may afford space 

 enough for the purpose of performing the ope- 

 rations of pricking th/iv» out, weeding, watering, 

 and drawing such as are in a state to be trans- 

 planted. 



In flower-gardens, courts, and other places 

 about the house, alleys are frequently designed 

 for the purpose of producing an ornamental ef- 

 fect, as well as for the convenience of cultivating 

 and managing the flowers: in these cases they 

 should never have less breadth than two feet, and 

 be made with the finest and best coloured gravel, 

 sand, or other materials, and the beds be pre- 

 viously edged with box, thrift, or some other 



plant proper for the use. The beds of pinks,cro- 

 cuses, tulips, hyacinths, ranunculuses, anemo- 

 nes, and other flowers of the more beautiful kinds, 

 mav be separated from each other in this way. 



ALLIGATOR PEAR. See Laurus. 



ALLIUM, a genus comprehending Garlick, 

 Onion, and Leek, which are mostly bulbous-rooted 

 plants, cultivated for culinary uses. 



It belongs to the class and order Hexandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 SputhucecB. 



The characters of which are : that the calyx is 

 a common spatha or sheath; roundish, shrivel- 

 ling, and many-flowered : the corolla consists of 

 six oblong petals : the stamina have six filaments, 

 subulate, generally of the length of the corolla : 

 the anthers are oblong and upright : the pistillum 

 has a germ superior, short, bluntly three-cornered, 

 the corners being marked with a grooved line : 

 style simple, stigma acute : the pericarpium is a 

 capsule, very short, broad, three-lobed, three- 

 celled, and three-valved j and the seeds are many 

 and roundish. 



In the Garlick kind the species are extremelv 

 numerous ; but those that are chiefly cultivated 

 for domestic uses, or the purpose of ornament, 

 are: 1. A. sativum, Common Garlick; 2. A. 

 Scorodoprasum, Rocambole; 3. A. JSlolij. Com- 

 mon Yellow Moly; 4. A. subhirsulum, Hairy 

 White Moly; 5. A. sphcerocvphalun , Spherical - 

 headed Purple Moly; 6. A. roscum, Rose-co- 

 loured Montpelier Garlick ; 7 • A.Jlamtm, Straw- 

 coloured Pendulous Moly ; 8. A. magicum, Great 

 Purple Moly; 9- A. victoriaUs, Elliptical Garlick ; 

 10. A. descendens, Oval Purple-headed Garlick. 



The first species, or Common Garlick, has 

 many bulbs, commonly called cloves, invested 

 with a white skin : the leaves are linear, long, 

 and narrow, like those of grass. It is said to be 

 found wild in the island of Sicily. 



The second sort, or Rocambole, has compound 

 bulbs; but the cloves are smaller than those of 

 Common Garlick. The stem rises from two to 

 three feet high, and bears many small bulbs at top, 

 which may be used as well as those of the root. 

 The leaves are plane indented, every line having a 

 two-edged vagina. It is found wild in Sweden. 



The third species has the three outer petals 

 spreading, the inner ones erect. It was for- 

 merly much preserved in gardens for the sake of 

 its yellow flowers ; but having a very strong gar- 

 lick scent, it has not been lately so much culti- 

 vated. It is a native of Hungary. 



The fourth has the bulb the size of a hazel 



nut : the stein a foot or eighteen inches high, 



round, smooth, and solid : the lower leaves 



grassy, embracing the stalk, reclining a little on 



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