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pceolum majusy and its dwarf variety are both runners, 

 and require the support of stakes ; without which they 

 will extend widely over the borders. Tropseolum minus 

 is much smaller than the dwarf variety of T. majus, 

 not exceeding ten or twelve inches in height, and it 

 grows to about two feet in length. 



Both sorts may be sown in March ; the former at the 

 feet of pales, or where the plants may be staked ; the 

 latter on the borders of either the kitchen or flower 

 garden, wHere they will not require any support. 



45. ONIONS. 



The common bulbous Onion, Allium Cepa, is a 

 biennial plant, supposed to be a native of Spain, though 

 neither the native country, nor the date of its introduc- 

 tion into this country, are correctly known. It is dis- 

 tinguished from other alliaceous plants by its large 

 fistular leaves, swelling stalk, coated bulbous root, and 

 large globular head of flowers which expand the second 

 year, in June and July. The following are the sorts 

 cultivated in our gardens : 



1. Blood-red. 10. Spanish. 

 Dutch Blood-red. Reading. 

 French Blood-red. White Portugal. 

 Ognon Rougefonce. White Spanish. 



2. Deptford. Ognon d"Espagne. 



3. Early Silver-skinned. 11. Strasburgh. 

 Ognon blanc hatif. Essex Onion. 



4. Globe. Flanders Onion. 



5. James's Long-keeping. 12. Tripoli. 



6. Lisbon. Ognon pyriforme. 

 White Lisbon. 13. True Portugal. 

 Ognon blanc de Florence. Brown Portugal. 



7. Pale red. 14. Two-bladed. 

 Ognon Rouge pale. 15. Welsh. 



8. Potatoe Onion. 16. Yellow. 

 Under-ground Onion. Ognon jaune. 



9. Silver-skinned. 

 Ognon blanc gros. 



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