302 SPINACEOUS PLANTS. 



Large Prick- Leaves comparatively large, rounded at the 

 Spinach. ends, thick and succulent. In foliage and 



LARGE WINTER 



SPINACH. general character it is similar to some of the 

 round-seeded varieties, but is much hardier, and slower 

 in running to seed. It is commonly known as u Winter 

 Spinach," and principally cultivated for use during this 

 portion of the year. The seeds are planted towards the 

 last of August, in drills a foot apart, and nearly an inch 

 in depth. When well up, the plants should be thinned to 

 four or five inches apart in the drills ; and, if the weather is 

 favorable, they will be stocky and vigorous at the approach 

 of severe weather. Before the closing up of the ground, 

 lay strips of joist, or other like material, between the rows, 

 cover all over with clean straw, and keep the bed thus pro- 

 tected until the approach of spring, or the crop has been 

 gathered for use. 



Lettuce- Leaves large, on short stems, rounded, deep 



leaved Spin- 

 ach, green, with a bluish tinge, less erect than those 



EPINARD GAU- 



DRY * of the other varieties, often blistered on the 



surface, and of thick substance. It is neither so early nor 

 so hardy as some others ; but it is slow in the development 

 of its flower-stalk, and there are few kinds more productive 

 or of better quality. The seeds are round and smooth. 

 For a succession, a sowing should be made at intervals of 

 two weeks. 



Sorrel-leaved Leaves of medium size, halberd-formed, deep 

 Spinach. 



green, thick, and fleshy. A hardy and produc- 

 tive sort, similar to the Yellow or White Sorrel-leaved, but 

 differing in the deeper color of its stalks and leaves. 



Summer or Leaves large, thick, and fleshy, rounded at 

 Bound-leaved 



Spinach. the ends, and entire, or nearly entire, on the 



ROUND DUTCH. 



borders. 



