32 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Allium Cepa, Linn.* 



The ordinary Onion. Wild in Turkestan [Dr. E. Regel]. Succeeds 

 eveo in equatorial countries [Cantley] ; it matures seeds fit to ger- 

 minate in the hottest desert-regions of Central Australia. As much 

 as 20 tons of Onions have been harvested from an acre of land in 

 the Bellarine-district of Port Phillip. The import into the United 

 Kingdom in 1889 amounted to nearly 200,000 tons. The export from 

 Victoria in 1892 came to 7,438 tons, valued at 26,000. One of 

 the staple-products of Bermuda [Sir J. Lefroy]. Among the prin- 

 cipal culture-plants of ancient Egypt [Dr. Schweinfurth]. 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. Onions moistened with alcohol are highly adapted for cleansing 

 gilt frames. Thrives well, even in Arnhem's Land [Jos. Bradshaw"). 



Allium fistulosuni, Linn4. 



Central Asia. The Welsh Onion. Also used in Japan. 



Allium odorum, Linn. 



Siberia. Used in Japan as Garlic [C. Sprenger]. 



Allium Porrum, Lhm6. 



The Leek. Already cultivated in Egypt at Moses' time. Regarded 

 by Gay and Regel as a cultural variety of A. Ampeloprasum. 

 Matures seeds in the hottest and driest regions of Australia. 



Allium roseum, Linn<. 



Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. This with A. Neapolitanum 

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

 Heldreich. 



Allium rubellum, Bieberstein. (A. Uptophyllum, 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 ; but cultivated already in ancient Egypt 

 [Dr. Schweinfurth]. Nearest allied to A. Scorodoprasum. The 

 " Allium " of Plinius. 



Allium Schcenoprasum, Linn6. 



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. 



