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probable that in order to secure the ripening of seeds, it 

 will be requisite to place some plants close by a wall having 

 a south or south-west aspect, as is practiced with seedling 

 onions ; more especially since we are warned by Willdenow 

 that in Germany "seminasub dionon semper perficit." There 

 are two varieties, the common white-seeded or green Qui- 

 noa, and the dark-seeded or red Quinoa, the former seem- 

 ingly the more hardy, or at least germinating most freely. 

 In the United States, the seed of Quinoa may be sown 

 thinly, about the first of April, in rows an inch deep and 

 about two feet apart. In a green state, the seed-pods 

 make an excellent pickle. It has been raised, in the 

 vicinity of Baltimore, by Mr. Gideon B. Smith, who 

 found it very productive. It is cultivated in Peru and 

 Chili as a grain crop, from whence its common name of 

 Peruvian Rice. For further particulars in regard to this 

 plant, the modes of preparing t as food, &c., see Farmers' 

 and Planters' Encyclopaedia, article Quinoa, 



GARDEN ORACHE (Atriplex hortensis] WILD SPINACH 

 (Chenopodium Bonus Henncus), and GARDEN PATIENCE 

 (Rumex Patienta), are sometimes used in place of common 

 spinach; but as, in England at least, they are deemed 

 rather curious than useful, it may be sufficient merely to 

 indicate their names. 



CORN SALAD (Fedia Olitoria), called also Fettitus, or 

 Lambs' Lettuce, is extensively cultivated and used in the 

 United States as a spring raw salad. In France, they often 

 boil and dress it like spinach. 



The seed is usually sown, about the middle of Septem- 

 ber, in shallow drills, six inches apart, and covered lightly. 

 Keep clear of weeds, and in November cover lightly with 



