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par'd a Piece of good Ground, 

 (which fhould be well dug, and 

 laid out in Beds about three Feet 

 wide) in the Beginning of March 

 you muft plant your Onionsy in the 

 following manner: Having flrain'd 

 a Line about four Inches within 

 the Side of the Bed, you muft with 

 a Spade, throw out an Opening 

 about fix Inches deep the Length 

 of the Bed, into which you fhould 

 place the Onions^ with their Roots 

 downwards, at about fix Inches 

 Dilfance from each other j then 

 with a Rake draw the Earth into 

 the Opening again to cover the 

 Bulbs J then proceed to remove the 

 Line again about ten Inches or a 

 Foot farther back, where you muft 

 make an Opening as before, and 

 io again, till the Whole is finilh'd, 

 fo that you will have four Rows 

 in each Bed, between which you 

 muft allow a Space of two Feet 

 for an Alley to go amongft them 

 to clear them from Weeds, c^c. 

 In a Month's Time thefe Bulbs will 

 appear above-ground, many of 

 which will produce three or four 

 Stalks each, you muft therefore 

 keep rhem diligently clear'd from 

 Weeds, and about the Beginning 

 of Juney when the Heads of the 

 Seed begin to appear upon the 

 Tops of the Stalks, you muft pro- 

 vide a Parcel of Stakes about four 

 Feet long, which ftiould be driven 

 into the Ground, in the Rows of 

 C)?2hnsy at above iix Feet apart, to 

 which you Ihould fatten fome Pack- 

 thread, or fmallCord, v/hich Ihould 

 be run on each Side the Stems of 

 the 0/?/<j^;i a little below their Heads, 

 to fupport them from breaking 

 down with the Wind ?\\^ Rain. 



About the Beginning of Augufl, 

 the Onion Seed will be ripe, which 

 may be known by its changing 

 kcwn, and the Cells in which 



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the Seeds are contain'd opening» 

 fo that if it be not cut in a ftiort 

 time, the Seeds will fall to the 

 Ground : When you cut off the 

 Heads, they fliould be fpread abroad 

 upon coarfe Cloaths in the Sun, 

 obferving to take it under Shelter 

 in the Night, as alfo in wet Wea- 

 ther J and when the Heads are 

 quite dry, you muft beat out the 

 Seeds, which are very eafily dif- 

 charg'd from their Cells j then 

 having clear'd it from all the Husk, 

 ^c. after having expos'd it one 

 Day to the Sun to dry, you muft 

 put it up in Bags to preferve it for 

 Ufe. 



The Scallionov Efiallion, is a Sort 

 of Onion which never forms any 

 Bulbs at the Roots, and is chiefly 

 ufed in the Spring for green Onions, 

 before the other Sorts fown in 

 July are big enough j but this Sort 

 of Oniony how much foever in ufe 

 formerly, is now fo fcarce as to be 

 known to few People, and is rare- 

 ly to be met with except in curi- 

 ous Botanick Gardens : The Gar- 

 deners near London fubftitute ano- 

 ther Sort for this, which are thofe 

 Onions which decay and fprout in 

 the Winter. Thele they plant in 

 a Bed early in the Spring, which 

 in a (hort time will grow to be 

 large enough for Ufe : When they 

 draw them up, and after pulling off 

 all the old outer Coat of the Root, 

 they tie them up in Bunches, and 

 fell them in the Market for Seal- 

 lions. 



The Efcallion is eafily propagated 

 by parting the Roots, either in 

 Spring or Autumn, but the latter 

 Scafon is preferable, becaufe of their 

 being render 'd more fit for Ufe in 

 the Spring : Thefe Roots ftiould 

 be planted three or four together 

 in a Hole, at about fix Inches Dif- 

 tance every Way, in Beds or Bor- 

 ders 



