. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1531. Tod Onions (XH). by division (multipliers),by bulbletsor "tops,"by seeds {or sets). The last section (seed Onions) is divided into bulbs silvery white and bulbs colored, and these groups are again divided on shape of bulb. Aside from the chapters on Onions in the vegetable- gardening manuals, th
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1531. Tod Onions (XH). by division (multipliers),by bulbletsor "tops,"by seeds {or sets). The last section (seed Onions) is divided into bulbs silvery white and bulbs colored, and these groups are again divided on shape of bulb. Aside from the chapters on Onions in the vegetable- gardening manuals, there are special treatises, as Grei- ner's "Onions for Profit," and "The New Onion Cul- ture," Greiner and Arlie's "How to Grow Onions," and the Orange Judd Company's "Onion ; The cultivated onion-like plants may be named under six species, as follows: A. Leaves terete and hollow. E. Plant annual or hiennial, the bulbs evident. Allium CSpa, Linn. CosreiON Onion. Bulbs various, but distinctly rounded at top and bottom : scape tall and stout (usually 2-3 ft.), enlarging in the middle, glau- cous, much exceeding the large soft hollow : fls. in round umbels (Pig. ) white or blush. Persia and adjacent regions. Var. bulbellifera, Bailey. Top or tree Onion. Var. multiplicans, Bailey. Multiplier or potato Onion. Allium Sistulosum, Linn. Welsh Onion. Ciboule. Fig. 1535. No distinct bulb, but only an enlargement at the base: Ivs., scape and fls. much as in the Common Onion, except that the plant is usually lower when in bloom and the leaves are more clustered. Siberia. 1230.— Grown for its leaves, which are used as season- ing. It is as hardy as the Onion. It is grown prefer- ably from seeds, but the roots may be divided. The seeds are usually sown in the fall, unless the climate is severe, and the leaves are ready for early spring use. Allium Aseal6nicum, Linn. Shallot (which see). A small plant, with short awl-shaped leaves
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