By Mr. John Anderson. 



this, with the smaller branches which subsequently arise from 

 the alas of the leaves which have been gathered, will produce 

 a supply until a late period in the year, for the plants are 

 sufficiently hardy to withstand the frosts which kill Nastur- 

 tiums, Potatoes, and such tender vegetables. 



The Tetragonia is, I understand, dressed exactly in the same 

 manner as Spinach, and whether boiled plain, or stewed, is 

 considered by many as superior to it; there is a softness and 

 mildness in its taste, added to its flavour, which resembles 

 that of Spinach, in which it has an advantage over that 

 herb. 



My whole crop in the present year consisted solely of nine 

 plants, and from these I have been enabled to send in a 

 gathering for the kitchen every other day since the middle of 

 J une, so that I consider a bed with about twenty plants quite 

 sufficient to give a daily supply, if required, for a large 

 table. 



The great advantage of this vegetable is as a substitute for 

 summer Spinach; every gardener knows the plague that 

 attends the frequent sowing of Spinach through the warm 

 season of the year ; without that trouble it is impossible to 

 have it good, and with the utmost care it cannot always be 

 even so obtained exactly as it ought to be (particularly when 

 the weather is hot and dry), from the rapidity with which the 

 young plants run to seed. 



There seems considerable difficulty in obtaining the seeds 

 of the Tetragon ia ; the rapid growth and succulence of the 

 shoots, in consequence of the bed being so highly manured, 

 prevent their ripening, and I am disposed to think it will be 

 desirable to make a separate plantation on a poorer soil, for 



