October 26, 1893. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
879 
keeping properties in the Onion seem to be least in the white-skinned 
section, and best in the red Onions, also that the deep globular forms 
invariably kept better than did the flat bulbs, and asked what were 
the causes that led to such results. The present size to which 
exhibition Onions are grown came in for strong and adverse criticism, 
the lecturer holding that they served no good purpose, did not keep 
well, and were not profitable to grow. 
The method of growing them was also described, and the names of 
the chief bulb producers mentioned. Some stress was laid on the profit- 
AGLAONEMA ROTUNDUM. 
As will be seen by referring to the illustration (fig. 56) this'is a 
charming ornamental foliage plant. It is of a dwarf habit,'and is 
suitable for growing in pots or pans in a stove. The leaves are oblong 
ovate, from 4 to 5 inches in length, and about 3 inches in breadth. On 
the upper surface they are rich green blotched with silvery grey, w’hich 
deepens as the foliage matures. The under surface is pale green. The 
Fia. 56.—AGLAONEMA EOTUNDUM. 
able nature of the Onion as an ordinary crop, and one instance was 
given showing that from 600 to 800 bushels of fine bulbs per acre had 
resulted. Mention was also made as to the nature of the Onion as an 
edible vegetable, some quotations in respect to best forms of cooking 
being made from the Messrs. Sutton & Sons’ valuable little book, the 
“ Art of Preparing Vegetables for the Table,” and it was pointed out 
that diverse as were the uses of the Onion, under no circumstances were 
bulbs more valuable as food than when properly boiled or baked. 
plant, from a sketch of which the engraving has been prepared, was 
exhibited at the Drill Hall, Westminster, on Tuesday, September 26th, 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Eoyal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, when the 
Floral Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural Society awarded a first- 
class certificate for it. . This Aglaonema will form a fitting companion 
to A. costatum, which -was illustrated and described in the Journal of 
Horticulture for August 18th, 1892. 
