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EGG-PLANT. 
coal, and i id like, round about the vines when they first 
come up, or by applying the liquid recommended in page 
19 of the General Remarks. After this is done, the plants 
may be thinned to two or three in a hill, and the ground 
caiefully hoed, drawing a little earth round them at the same 
time. The vines should be kept free from weeds, and if the 
weather proves dry, a gentle watering now and then, given 
in the evening, will be of considerable service. 
Picklers may be raised by planting the seed at any time 
in July. When the vines begin to bear, they should be looked 
over, and the fruit gathered as soon as it becomes fit, as the 
plant will cease to bear much if the fruit be permitted to ge* 
yellow. 
CHIVES, OR CIVES. 
Civette. Allium schcenoprasum. 
This is a small species of Onion, and grows in large tufts , 
it is propagated by' offsets from the roots, and may be 
planted either in spring or autumn, in rows ten or twelve 
inches apart, and the bulbs three or four inches apart m the 
rows ; they will soon take root, and increase very fast, form- 
ing large bunches of bulbs. They make handsome edging 
for beds or borders. 
EGG-PLANT. 
Melongene au aubergine. S ilanum mclongenm 
VARIETIES 
Purple, for cooking. I White, for ornament. 
The seed of the Purple Egg-plant may be sown in a hot 
oed about the first of March ; and the sashes must be kept 
down close until the plants come up, after which a Httle aif 
