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Line again about ten Inches or a 

 Foot farther back, where you muft 

 make an Opening as before, and fo 

 again, till the Whole is finimed ; fo 

 that you will have four Rows in 

 each Bed, between which you mull 

 allow a Space of two Feet for an 

 Alley to go among them to clear 

 them from Weeds, 6c. In a Month's 

 time their Leaves will appear above- 

 ground, and many of the Roots will 

 produce three or four Stalks each : 

 you muft therefore keep them dili- 

 gently cleared from Weeds ; and 

 about the Beginning of June, when 

 the Heads of the Seed begin to ap- 

 pear upon the Tops of the Stalk .< 

 you mult provide a Parcel of Stakes 

 about four Feet long, which mould 

 be driven into the Ground, in the 

 Rows of Onions, at about fix or 

 eight Feet apart, to which you mould 

 fallen fome Packthread, Rope-yarn, 

 or fmall Cord, which fhould be run 

 on each Side the Stems of the 

 Onions, a little below their Heads, 

 to fupport them from breaking down 

 with the Wind and Rain. 



About the Beginning of Auguft the 

 Onion-feed will be ripe, which may 

 be known by its changing brown, 

 and the Cells in which the Seeds are 

 contained opening ; fo that if it be 

 not cut in a fhort time, the Seeds 

 will fall to the Ground : when you 

 cut off the Heads, they mould be 

 fpread abroad upon coarfe Cloths in 

 the Sun, obferving to keep it under 

 Shelter in the Night, as alfo in wet 

 Weather ; and when the Heads are 

 quite dry, you muft beat out the 

 Seeds, which are very eafily dif- 

 charged from their Cells ; then hav- 

 ing cleared it from all the Hufk, &c. 

 after having expofed it one Day to 

 the Sun to dry, you muft pat it up 

 in Bags to prefer ve it for Ufe. 



The Scallion, or Efcallion, is a 

 Sort of 'Onion which never forms 



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any Bulbs at the Roots, and is chiefly 

 ufed in the Spring for green Onions, 

 before the other Sorts, iown in July, 

 are big enough ; but this Sort of 

 Onion, how much foever in Ufe 

 formerly, is now fo fcarce as to be 

 known to few People, and is rarely 

 to be met with, except in curious 

 Botanic Gardens : the Gardeners 

 near London fubftitute another Sort 

 for this, which are thofe Onions 

 which decay and fprout in the 

 Houfe : thefe they plant in a Bed 

 early in the Spring, which in a fhort 

 time will grow to be large enough 

 for Ufe : when they draw them up, 

 and after pulling off all the outer 

 Coat of the Root, they tie them up 

 in Bunches, and fell them in the 

 Market for Scallions. 



This true Scallion is eafily pro- 

 pagated by parting the Roots, either 

 in Spring or Autumn ; but the lat- 

 ter Seafon is preferable, becaufe of 

 their being rendered more fit for Ufe 

 in the Spring: thefe Roots mould 

 be planted three or four together 

 in an Hole, at about fix Inches Di- 

 llance every Way, in Beds or Bor- 

 ders three Feet wide, which in a 

 fhort time will multiply exceedingly, 

 and will grow upon almoll any Soil, 

 and in any Situation ; and their be- 

 ing fo hardy as to refill the fevereft 

 of our Winters, and being green, 

 and fit for Ufe fo early in the Spring, 

 renders them worthy a Place in all 

 good Kitchen- gardens. 



The Cives are a very fmall Sort 

 of Onion, which never produces any 

 Bulbs, and feldom grows above fix 

 Inches high in the Blade, which is 

 very fmall and flender, and grows 

 in Bunches like the former : this was 

 formerly in great Requeft for Sal- 

 lads in the Spring, as being fome- 

 what milder than thofe Onions which 

 had flood through the Winter : thefe 

 are propagated by parting their 



Roots 



