onion. S3 



CHIVE.— SCHCENOPRASUM. 



This vegetable, which partakes of the fla- 

 vours both of the onion and the leek, is a 

 native of Britain, and has been thought by 

 some persons to be a wild onion ; but we 

 have no instance of its nature being changed 

 by cultivation. 



Chives, being once planted, continue for 

 many years, without suffering from the ex- 

 tremest cold of the winter. 



The principal use of chives is for soups 

 and spring salads, when young onions are not 

 to be procured: the leaves, which are like 

 short rushes, are often eaten with bread and 

 butter by country-people. 



Chives have nearly the same quality as the 

 other species of leeks and onions. 



To describe all the varieties of the Allium 

 family, we fear, would be over-seasoning the 

 work with onions, as Aiton notices forty dif- 

 ferent species of these pungent vegetables. 



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