NEW ZEALAND SPINACH 
New Zealand Spinach (Tetragona expansd) is quite dis- 
tinct from the ordinary Spinach, but so valuable a summer 
vegetable that I have included it in this book. I noted 
NEW ZEALAND SPINACH 
{One-twelfth natural size; detached branchy one-fourth 
natural size) 
its value in vol. vii. to extend the season when other 
kinds fail, but I did not go into cultural details, and these 
I will make as brief as possible. This, as its name im- 
plies, is a native of New Zealand and was brought into 
cultivation by Sir I. Banks, and is valuable in hot summer 
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