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the present time, are known to every one : 

 its nature is to attenuate thick viscid juices ; 

 consequently, a plentiful use of it in cold 

 phlegmatic constitutions must prove bene- 

 ficial. Many people shun onions on account 

 of the strong disagreeable smell they com- 

 municate to the breath: this may be reme- 

 died by eating walnuts, or a few raw parsley- 

 leaves, immediately after, which will effectu- 

 ally overcome the scent, and cause them to 

 sit more easy on the stomach. 



The kind which is erroneously called the 

 Welsh onion, Fistulosum, is a native of Sibe- 

 ria, and was first cultivated in Britain in 

 16*29.* 



GARLIC. 



In Botany, garlic stands in the same class 

 and order as the onion. 



This plant is the Xxojo^oi/ of the Greeks, 

 and is said to have been called 2*of oJW, quasi 

 (TTtopiov pofov, rudis rosa, on account of its 

 offensive scent. The Latin name Allium is 

 thought to have its origin from the Greek 

 word aveo-SoLi, exilire, to leap forth, from the 



* Hortus Kewensis. 



