. Dreer's Open-air vegetables . •SPINACH UNDER LIDS OR SHUTTERS. Thomas Dvvyer, gardener to Dr. J. A. DaCosta, Villa Nova, January 4,1897. The plants embraced by the "goosefoot" family are, according to Dr. Gray, "chiefly herbs of homely ; The botanic name of the family is Chenopodiacese. It includes a number of common weeds, such as goosefoot, pigweed, lamb's quarters, etc. It also includes such garden vegetables as beet, mangel wurzel, chard, spinach and orach. These are all "herbs of homely ; They are quite hardy, but not all frost proof. Ill

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