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feml-cyliiiclric leaves, denfc imihels, ami fiilnitaU-J ftamens 

 longer than the corolla, is a native of tiibcria, near the river 

 Jenifea. 52. A. capUlare, witli colnmnar fcape, •ai;iilaceous 

 leaves, few-flowered umbel, and petals lanceolate acute. 

 53. A. tenuijjimum, (lender-leaved G. with fcape columnar, 

 empty ; leaves awl-lhaped, I'llifonn ; and heads loofe and 

 few-flowered (Gmelin), or columnar fcape; loaves linear, 

 awl-fhapcd ; umbel few-flowered ; and petals ixjundifii-ovale 

 obtufe (Willdcnow) ; is a native of Siberia : it is much 

 eaten by the field-mice, and they lay up the roots for their 

 winter food : the ftamens in this and the preceding arc 

 (horler than the corolla, 54. A. C.ham,t-Mnly, ballard G. 

 with fcape fcarccly any, naked, capfules drooping, leaves fiat 

 ■cUiate, is a native of Italy and Spain, and flowers in January. 

 55. A. gracile, Jamaica G. with fcape naked, columnar, 

 very long, lea\e3 linear, channelled, ilamens awl-lhaped, 

 connate at the bafe, is a native of Jamaica, was introduced 

 in 1787 by Hinton Eaft, Efq. and flowers in Februaiy. 

 ^6. A. NrnpoHttwiim, Naples G. with fcape naked ancipi- 

 tsl, leaves lanceolate channelled, umbel fcattered, is culti- 

 vated in the gardens near Naples, begins to grow fponta- 

 reoufly about the city, and flowers in March. 57. A orni- 

 tkngaloides, with fc.ipe colnmnar, umbel bearing and few- 

 flowered, and leaves awl-d'.aped and flat. Walt. Flor. Carol, 

 p. i-?l. Gmehn's Linna;u5. Maityn's Miller. Willde- 

 iiow's Linuxus. Smith's Flor. Brit. vol. i. p. 355. 

 Witherjng's Bot. Arr. vol. ii. p. 332. 



Allium, in Gardening, is applied to t;/ir/lcl, onion, 

 and /e(i. Of the liril or garlick kind of plants, though 

 there are a great number of fpecies only few are valuable 

 cither for ■ufe or ornament in the garden. The kinds ne- 

 ceiTaiy to be taken notice ol in this view are : ift. The 

 Jativum or common gtirltck ; 2d. Scorodcpnifum or rocambole, 

 which are officinal or culinary plant.i. 3d. Moly or com- 

 mon yelloiu moly. 4th. Subl/irfulnm or hairy 'while moly. 

 ^th. Sfh/crocephahn or fphcrical heailcd purple moly. 6th. 

 Rofeum or rofe-cohnred Mov.lpellicr garlick. yth. Flaviim 

 or Jlra'W-colonred pendulous moly. 8th. Magicum or great 

 purple moly. 9th. ViSoriale or elliptical gnrlitk. loth. De- 

 Jeendens or oval purple-headed garlick : which are all of the 

 flowering kind. 



Thefe different fpecies are of the bulbous-rooted tribe, 

 "fome having large bulbs, others not bigger than peas ; they 

 are perennial in root, but annual in leaf and ttalk ; tliey are 

 all hardy plants, profper in almoll any expofure and foil in 

 the garden, and in general are very produftive, but mofl: of 

 tlte forts liave a ftrong fcent like the common garlick. 



The common garlick has a krge round white bulbous 

 root, of an irregular form, with numerous fibres at the 

 tottom, compofed of many fmaller bulbs denominated 

 doves, which are included in a common membranous 

 covering ; each of which being planted, grows, and in one 

 feafon attains the fize and ftrutture of the parent bulb ; the 

 leaves are cauline, or form a kind of llalk, v.liich ftldom 

 fpindles, except when the fame roots remain in the ground 

 two or three years, when they run up and bear a flower and 

 fmall bulbs at the top. It defer/es to be cultiviited in the gar- 

 den for the fake of its root, which is in great eflimation tor 

 culinary and other domeftic pui-pofes. Indeed, the roots, 

 as well as all the otlier parts of the plant, have a very acrid 

 talle, with an highly offenfive fmell, which lias rendered its 

 cultivation in gardens lefs defirable. It is a liardy plant, ca- 

 pable of growing in mofl: forts of foils and fituations, and 

 readily propagated either by roots or feeds. 



Rocambole has very fmall compound bidbs, which grow 

 in clutters; the ftalk generally fpiiidling two or three fett 



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high, with many bulbs at its fummit, which, as well ai 

 the root bulbs, are ufeful for the fame puipofcs as garlick, 

 though much inferior. 



The latter or the flowery kinds have the flowcr-Ucmi. 

 rifing immediately from the root, growing ere£\ and attain- 

 ing different heights, from twelve to thirty inches ; in fomc 

 the leaves aa- radical, in others cauline, or elevated with the 

 flalk, fomc are broad like thofe of a tulip, others long and 

 narrow like a daffodil, and fome taper and rufli-iike; but in 

 all the forts the ftems are tenninated by a fort of flienth, 

 from W'hich is protruded an aggregate of many fmall flowers 

 forming a kind of umbel. The flowers (ingly are compofed 

 each of fix petals, which, though feparately fmall, from 

 many being coUeftcd into large heads, are veiy confpicuous. 

 The allium moly, fubhirfulum, fphrifrocrphalcn, rnfcum, and 

 _;^aT«m, genci-ilh grow from twelve to fifteen or eighteen 

 inches in height, and their umbels often continue in bloom 

 for the fpacc of a month or fix weeks. But the irngicum, 

 viUoriale and drfcendens, rife about a yard in height, pro- 

 ducing large highly ornnmeiittd umbels. Th.cy moHly flower 

 in May, June, and July, ripen plenty of feed, and many 

 fmall bulbs on the (lalk and umbel in fe'veral of them. 



Method of propagation. In all the foits it may be effetled 

 with the utmoil facility by ofi"-fets from the root, and in 

 many of them by feed and the fmall bulbs contained on the 

 ftalk. 



Common garlick is conftantly propagated by the fmall bulbs 

 that conftitute the main root, which may be readily divided 

 into a great number of feparate cloves ; tliefe are to be 

 planted in the fpring, in beds four feet wide, a little raifed 

 in rows lengtliways, at from fix to nine inches diflancc from 

 each other, and fix inches afunder in each row, and two or 

 three inches deep. The planting may be performed either 

 by means of a blunt dibble or by draw ing drills, and placing 

 the cloves in them, afterwards covering them with the eaith. 

 When planted in this way they moilly flioot uj) their leaves 

 in a month or fix weeks, only requiring occafional fmall 

 hoeing afterwards to kill the weeds that may rife. 



y\bout the end of July or beginning of Auguft, the 

 b\ilbs are generally full grown, as is evident from the yellow 

 appearance and withering of the leaves ; they miifl, be then 

 taken up, cleaned and dried in the fun, and afterwards tied 

 or plaited in bunches to be hung up and prefeived for ufe. 



Rocambole may be propagated either by the off-fets of it« 

 roots, or by the cloves produced on the top of the ftalk s, 

 which may be planted in Spring or Autumn ; but in the 

 Autumn planting, as about Oitober or November, they gene- 

 rally grow confiderably larger than when planted' in the 

 Spring feafon. The feeds are to be planted in the manner 

 direfted for garlick, and are commonly fit for ufe about July 

 or Auguft, according as they have been put in early or late. 

 But it may be obfer\ed that the roota never acquii^-any 

 ve:y large fize. 



The different flowering kinds propagate veiy rapidly 

 by off-fets, which may be feparated anytime after the decay 

 of the flower, taking only fueh as are large and fine, and 

 planting them at once in the borders where they flower the 

 following Summer. 



The propagation by feed is beft accompliflicd in a fhady 

 border in Spring, the plants being fit to tianfplant in fuck 

 cafe^ in the Autumn. 



Of the fccond divifion, or the onion kind, the charaflers, 

 &c. of which are the fame as thofe of garlick ; the fpecies 

 are thefe, ill. Cepa, or common onion, the beft garden v.-,- 

 rietics of which are the Stralburgh or common round onion, 

 the oval long-keeping common onion, the Spauilh large flat 

 4^2 onion. 



