. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. FERNS. 61 Spinach, Green Mountain or Orach {Atriplex hortensis). French, Aroche ; German, Mel- dehraut; Italian, Atrepice. — "We possess herein a singular plant as a hardy annual, and indigenous in Tartary, It is a robust plant, growing rapidly to some feet in height, the leaves of which are gathered and used in the same manner as those of Spinacia oleracea. This variety is more esteemed on the Con- tinent than it has been hitherto in this country. It delights in a deep, rich, and somewhat moist soil, fully exposed to sun and aii\ It may he cultiv
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. FERNS. 61 Spinach, Green Mountain or Orach {Atriplex hortensis). French, Aroche ; German, Mel- dehraut; Italian, Atrepice. — "We possess herein a singular plant as a hardy annual, and indigenous in Tartary, It is a robust plant, growing rapidly to some feet in height, the leaves of which are gathered and used in the same manner as those of Spinacia oleracea. This variety is more esteemed on the Con- tinent than it has been hitherto in this country. It delights in a deep, rich, and somewhat moist soil, fully exposed to sun and aii\ It may he cultivated both in rows and by broad- cast sowings. A single row about ten yards long will afford a moderate supply. Seeds should be sown dur- ing the month of August, to insure a spring and summer supply up to the beginning of the month of July. Thin the plants out from this sowing to about six inches apart only, to insure a sufficient quantity in the spring, following the exi- gencies of winter, attention in the matter of hoeing, fee, being the only further aid needed to secure the crop. For the main summer supply, similar sowings should be made during the months of April and May, for which an additional supply of manure should be dug into the gi'ound. The young plants which result from these sowings should be thinned out to nine or ten inches apart in the row. When the plants are well grown they give a successional supply of leaves as they progress in height, which only need to be picked off to be ready for use. As the plant tends to run very rapidly to seed in hot weather if neglected, and is only worth eating when, the leaves are picked young and tender, it is very essential that the regular supply provided be regularly drawn upon and kept down. Disappointment will follow any want of this precaution to keep a succession of young leaves. FEENS. By James Britten, Alsophila Excelsa. The Alsophilas.—In point of number of species the genus Alsophila is the most important
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