NEW ZEALAND SPINACH 



NEW ZEALAND SPINACH (Tetragona expansa) is quite dis- 

 tinct from the ordinary Spinach, but so valuable a summer 

 vegetable that I have included it in this book. I noted 



NEW ZEALAND SPINACH 



(.One-twelfth natural size ; detached branch, one-fourth 

 natural size) 



its value in vol. vii. to extend the season when other 

 kinds fail, but I did not go into cultural details, and these 

 I will make as brief as possible. This, as its name im- 

 plies, is a native of New Zealand and was brought into 

 cultivation by Sir I. Banks, and is valuable in hot summer 



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