latter is wsecl for pickling. The onion is raieed on a 

 light soil that has been well enriched with rotton nia* 

 niir&. It should be sown from the middle of April to 

 the middle of May. Do not raise your bed. After 

 having raked it smooth and fine it should bo pressed 

 hard either by walking upon it or some other way,— ;- 

 (some use a beetle,) and then levelled with the back 

 of a rake. Draw the drills one foot apart and nearly 

 an inch deep. Scatter the seed moderately thick and 

 cover with fine loam. Smooth the bed, by walking 

 upon it, and then sift ashes upon it. Keep free of 

 weeds and at the first thinning reduce them to two 

 inches and afterwards when they interfere with each 

 Other to four or five inches apart. It is thought that 

 they bottom better when the earth is removed from 

 the bulbs. 



Potato Onwn. Allium tuberosum. — Not infrequently chlje*^ 

 the under-ground onion, in consequence of its producing clusters 

 of offsets from the roots. Plant in March or April, — the bulbs 

 b«ing ten inches from each other, in rows one fnot apart, and hav- 

 ing thieir crowns one inch below the surface. The feoil should be 

 moderated)' rich, and, for convenience of cultivation, laid into l^ed's 

 four feet wide. Make good use of the hiife ihroughout the slim- 

 mer, and occasionally draw a little earth aromid the stems. This 

 prattke of ''earthing," as it is called, is geneially fidlowed, al- 

 th'Oiigh ^drtdemri^d by many eminent ^uihoiities. The crop Will 

 be ntatured feotnetime during the month of August, and is to be 

 harvested like the comraott onion. — P. A. Schencic. 



■ TBite Onion. Jillivm prolrfftum. — This hardy pereniiial spe^- 

 cies of the on^on family is sometimes called the Canada Onroh«, 

 because it is much cultivated in cold countries where the tlither 

 kinds d() tiot flourish well. Small bulbs are produced at the top 

 of the stalks, — hence its name. Propagation is effected by plant- 

 ing (the o(Fs€lts'6f old roots in spring or autumh, or Tht3 top bulbs in 

 the middle of spring. They should be set about six inches apart, 

 in rows that are one foot distant from each other. The only care 

 required, is to keep the ground well tilled, and tosuppot the st«*ms 

 by^j^thkes. The'bidbs a^-e to be jrathered when the tops decayj 

 driir'd' in a shady place, ^and preserved in a dry, Cool apartmet/t.-^ 

 ^Gardenevls Text-Book. 



To bmll — Peel the onions, and put them into boiling mflk, o'r 

 milk and w^ter tnix.ed. When they become tender, iney arfe to 

 be taken from the fire, salted, and served with melted butter. — 



