210 KITCHEN GAUDEN. 



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 a's a grain crop,- from whence its com- 

 mon name of Peruvian Rice, Eor further particulars 

 in regard to this plant, the modes of preparing it as 

 food, &c., see Farmers' and Planters' 3net/clopdedia, 

 article Quinoa. 



Garden Orache {Atriplex liortensis), Wild Spinach 

 {Chenopodium Bonus Henricus), and Ga^den'Patience 

 {Rumex Patientia), are sometimes used in place of 

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

 deemed rather curious than useful, it may be suflScient 

 merely to indicate their names. 



Corn Salad {Fedia OUtoria), called also Fettitus, 

 or Lambs' Lettuce, is extensively cultivated and used 

 in the United States as a spring raw salad. In France, 

 they often boiP and dress it like spiiiachi [^ 



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

 tember, in shallow drills, six inches apart, and covered 

 lightly. Keep clear of weeds, and in November cover 

 liglitly with straw or other clean litter. In mild winters 

 the tender leaves will be fit for salad all the time, and 

 should not be cut, but plucked with the fingers. If the 

 seed used be not fresh, it will frequently be many 

 months before it comes up. It grows spontaneously in 

 the wheat-fields in England, in which climate it stands 

 the winter in the fields, and affords early pasturage to 



