HNOYCLOPZDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE OF GARLIC: Soil, light, rich. Position, sunny spot. 
Plant bulbs (cloves) 2in. deep and Gin. apart in Feb. No manure 
required, Lift & store July or Aug. Increase by division of bulbs Feb. 
, CULTURE OF CHIVES: Soil, ordinary. Plant 6in. apart each way 
in March. Lift, divide, & replant every third year. Used for salads 
& seasoning. 
CULTURE OF WELSH ONION OR CIBOULE: Soil, ordinary. Sow 
seeds in March or April in drills in. deep & 1ft. apart. Thin seed- 
lings to 6 or Sin. apart. May also be increased by division of plants 
in March, but best grown from seed. Leaves used for seasoning. Ready 
to use three months after sowing. 
CULTURE OF POTATO ONION: Soil, ordinary. Plant bulbs half 
their depth 10in. apart in rows 15 in. asunder in March. Lift & store 
bulbs in Aug. Used like ordinary onions. Increased by offsets at 
planting time. 
CULTURE OF TRIE ONION: Soil, ordinary. Plant bulbs borne 
on top of stems lin. deep and 4 in. apart, in rows 8in. asunder in 
March; or root bulbs lin. deep and 12in. apart each way. Support 
etems by stakes. Gather stem bulbs when fully grown & store in cool, 
dry place. Used for pickling. 
CULTURE OF ROCAMBOLE: Soil as for garlic. Plant cloves 6 in. 
apart each way, & similar depth to shallots, in Feb., March, or April. 
Lift & store in Aug. Bulbs in soil & on stem used for similar purpose 
to garlic, but milder in flavour. Use soil bulbs only for planting. 
HARDY FLOWERING SPECIES: A. acuminatum, rose, July, 9 in., N. America; 
exruleum, blue, June, 2 ft., Siberia; Moly, yellow, May, 2 ft., Europe; oatrow- 
skianum, rose, July, 1 ft., Turkestan; roseum, rose, June, 1 ft., 8. Europe; 
triquetrum, white, June, 15 in., Europe; Schubertii, lilac, June, Orient. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: A. neapolitanum (Daffodil Garlic), white and green, 
June, 1 ft., S. Europe. 
EDIBLE BULBOUS-ROOTED SPECIES: A. ascalonicum (Shallot), Native habitat 
not known; Cepa (Onion), Central_or Western Asia; Cepa aggregatum (Potato 
Onion); Cepa proliferum (Tree or Egyptian Onion); fistulosum (Welsh or Ciboul 
Onion), Siberia; Porrum (Leek), native country not known; Schoenoprasum 
(Chives), N. Hemisphere; eativum (Garlic), S. Europe; Scorodoprasum (Rocambole; 
Spanish Garlic; Sand Leek), flesh, July, Denmark. 
Allosorus.—sSee Cryptogramme. 
Allspice.—See Calycanthus and Pimenta. 
Almond (Prunus Amygdalis).—See Prunus. 
Almond-scented Orchid (Odoutoglossum madrense).—See 
Odontoglossum. ; . 
Almus (Aar; Alder).—Ord. Cupulifere. Hardy trees and shrubs. 
Deciduous. Timber of little value, except for making charcoal for 
gunpowder. he : 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, damp places for A. glutinosa; 
drier spots for the others. Plant, Nov. Propagate by seeds sown 
lin. deep in damp soil in March, transplanting the seedlings when a 
ear old; or by suckers springing from the roots in Nov. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: A. glutinosa, 30 to 40 ft., Britain, Europe, N. Africa 
and Asia, and its varieties, aurea (golden-leaved), laciniata (cut-leaved), and querci- 
folia, (o2k-leaved) ; incana, 10 to 20 ft., N. Temperate Zone, and its varieties aurea, 
pendula nova and pinnatifida. There are others, but they are of no special 
interest. 
Alocasia.—Ord. Aroidex. Stove plants. Orn. foliage. First 
introduced 1854. : 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, sphagnum moss, fibry loam, 
with a little silver sand & charcoal. ot, March, keeping base of plant 
above rim of pot; good drainage essential. Position, pots, shady. 
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