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This variety is generally grown for summer use ; but it 

 soon runs to seed, particularly in warm and dry weather. 

 Where a constant supply is required, a sowing should be 

 made every fortnight, commencing as early in spring as the 

 frost leaves the ground. The seeds are round and smooth. 

 Plants from the first sowing will be ready for use the last of 

 May or early in June. 



In Belgium and Germany a sub-variety is cultivated, with 

 smaller and deeper-colored foliage, and which is slower in 

 running to flower. It is not, however, considered preferable 

 to the Common Summer or Round-leaved. 



Leaves seven or eight inches long, halberd- "Winter or 



Common 



shaped, deep green, thin in texture, and nearly Prickly Spin- 

 erect on the stalk of the plant ; seeds prickly. 



From this variety most of the improved kinds of Prickly 

 Spinach have been obtained ; and the Common Winter or Prick- 

 ly-seeded is now considered scarcely worthy of cultivation. 



The leaves of this variety are similar in form Yellow Sor- 

 rel-leaved 

 and appearance to those of the Garden Sorrel. Spinach. 



WHITE SORHEL- 



They are of medium size, entire on the bor- "*VD SPINACH. 

 der, yellowish-white at the base, greener at the tips, and 

 blistered on the surface. 



New. Represented as being hardy, productive, slow in the 

 development of its flower-stalk, and of good quality. 



WILD OR PERENNIAL SPINACH. 



Good King Henry. Tola Bona. Goosefoot. Blitum Bonus 

 Henricus. 



A hardy perennial plant, indigenous to Great Britain, and 

 naturalized to a limited extent in this country. Its stem is 



