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Early Pink Garlic. — This is an earlier variety than the 

 Common Garlic, and is also distinguished from it by the pink or 

 rosy colour of the skin which covers the head. About Paris, this 

 variety is almost always planted in autumn, as it is said not to 

 succeed well if planted in spring. 



Red Garlic. — A variety cultivated in almost all parts of 

 France, but especially in the eastern provinces. It is remarkable 

 for the size of its bulbs, which are rather flat, and composed of 

 short and thick cloves of a purple-red colour. These cloves 

 separate from each other at the upper end of the head by tearing 

 their membranous cover. The cloves of the Red Garlic are much 

 larger than those of the White Garlic. The Red Garlic requires 

 also a richer and more substantial soil. 



Some years ago, a variety came into notice, under the name 

 of Ail Rond du Limousin. This did not appear to us to differ 

 appreciably from the Common Garlic, from which round heads or 

 bulbs can always be obtained by planting late in the season ; and, 

 if these heads are replanted entire in the following year, they will 

 produce heads of enormous size. 



Great-headed Garlic {Allium Ampeloprasum, L. Ail d' Orient), 

 — Native of Southern Europe. — Perennial. — This plant produces a 

 very large head or bulb, composed of cloves, in the same way as 

 that of the Common Garlic, but of milder flavour. The stem, 

 leaves, and flowers are so like those of the Leek that there is every 

 reason to think that both plants have originated from the same 

 type, and have been differently modified by cultivation, the bulb 

 in the one case and the stem in the other having been the subject 

 of improvement. When Leeks produce cloves, which occurs pretty 

 often, these cloves are exactly like those of the Great-headed 

 Garlic. The flowers, which grow in a large round head, yield 

 fertile seeds, but the plant is most usually propagated by means of 

 the cloves, this being a speedier method. The culture and uses are 

 the same as those of the preceding kinds. 



ROCAMBOLE 



* Alliu7n Scorodoprasum, L. 



French, Ail Rocambole. German, Roccambol. Danish, Rokambol. Italian, Aglie 

 d'India, Portuguese, Alho de Hespanha. 



Native of South Europe. — Perennial. — The stem, which is 

 twisted spirally in the upper part, bears at the top a cluster of 

 bulblets, from which the plant may be propagated ; they are 

 seldom, however, used for this purpose, as more speedy results are 

 obtained by planting the cloves of the underground bulb. The 

 cloves should be planted in autumn, or not later than February, in 

 rows about 12 in. apart, leaving about 3^ in. between the plants^ 

 Its uses are the same as those of the Common Garlic. 



