CHIVE (Allium Schoenoprasum), a hardy perennial plant, with small narrow bulbs tufted on short root-stocks and long cylindrical hollow leaves. It is found in the north of England and in Cornwall, and growing in rocky pastures throughout tem perate and northern and in the mountain districts of southern Europe and in Asiatic Russia. It is cultivated for its leaves, which are used in salads and soups as a substitute for young onions ; it will grow in any good soil.