nd produce seeds and foliage in great abundance.

_Use._--The leaves are used as Spinach or Sorrel, or as greens. In some
places, the seeds are employed as a substitute for corn or wheat in the
making of bread, and are also raised for feeding poultry.

_Varieties._--

BLACK-SEEDED QUINOA.

The stalks of this variety are more slender, and the leaves smaller,
than those of the White-seeded. The plant is also stained with
brownish-red in all its parts. Seeds small, grayish-black.

It is sown, and in all respects treated, like the White. The seeds and
leaves are used in the same manner.

RED-SEEDED QUINOA. _Law._

Chenopodium sp.

This variety, or perhaps, more properly, species, is quite distinct from
the White-seeded. It grows to the height of six or eight feet, and even
more, with numerous long, spreading branches. The leaves are more
succulent than those of the last named, and are produced in greater
abundance. When sown at the same time, it ripens its seeds nearly a
month later.

Its foliage and seeds are used for the same purposes as the White. Sow
in rows three feet apart, and thin to fifteen inches in the rows.

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SEA-BEET. _Trans._

Beta maritima.

The Sea-beet is a hardy, perennial plant. The roots are not eaten; but
the leaves, for which it is cultivated, are an excellent substitute for
Spinach, and are even preferred by many to that delicate vegetable. If
planted in good soil, it will continue to supply the table with leaves
for many years. The readiest method of increasing the plants is by
seeds; but they may be multiplied to a small extent by dividing the
roots.

The early-produced leaves are the best, and these are fit for use from
May until the plants begin to run to flower; but they may be continued
in perfection through the whole summer and autumn by cutting off the
flower-stems as they arise, and thus preventing the blossoming.

There are two varieties:--

ENGLISH SEA-BEET.

The English Sea-beet is a dwarfish, spreading or trailing plant, with
numerous angular, leafy branches. The lower leaves are ovate, three or
four inches in length, dark-green, waved on the margin, and of thick,
fleshy texture; the upper leaves are smaller, and nearly sessile.

Sow in April or May, in rows sixteen or eighteen inches apart, and an
inch in depth; thin to twelve inches in the rows. The leaves should not
be cut from seedling plants during the first seaso