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able plant, of low branching habit, growing with won- 

 derful luxuriance during hot weather, single plants 

 often measuring six feet in diameter. The leaves are 

 used exactly as common Spinach ; it is best grown by 

 sowing the seeds after the soil is well warmed, and trans- 

 planting to three feet apart in very rich, warm soil. 



Orach* (Atriplex Jiortensis.) Another plant of the 

 same family, and its leaves are used in the same manner 

 as Spinach. It succeeds best if sown where it is to grow 

 in rich, moist soil. 



"Sprouts," Kale or Borecole, (Brassica oleracca. 

 Var. Sabellica.) A form of the Cabbage grown in all 

 respects like Spinach. It is equally hardy and affords 

 similar profits under like conditions. Like Spinach, it 

 is now largely grown at Norfolk, Virginia, and in other 

 places farther South. It is also grown in the North- 

 ern States, but not to the same extent with Spinach, 

 probably in the proportion of one to ten only ; about 

 half the quantity of seed is required for Sprouts as for 

 Spinach, or about four to six pounds per acre*. The 

 kinds used for market are the Dwarf Curled or German 

 "Sprouts," the Early Dwarf Curled, and Dwarf Green 

 Curled Scotch, the first-named being that used to trans- 

 plant the others, being grown like Spinach. 



SQUASH. (Cueurbita Pepo, and C. maxima.) 



A class of vegetables embracing more marked distinc- 

 tions in sorts, fitted for more varied uses, and to be 

 found, during the extremes of the season, in a better 

 state of perfection, than, perhaps, any other product of 

 our gardens. Being of -tropical origin, their growth is 

 all consummated during summer ; yet the fruit of the 

 " winter varieties " may be kept, with a little care, until 

 May. They are all of luxuriant and vigorous growth, 



