ORACH, or

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• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

MOUNTAIN

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• SPINACH (Spinacia oleracea)

SPINACH  , known botanically as Atriplex hortensis, a tall-growing hardy annual, whose leaves, though coarsely flavoured, are used as a substitute for spinach, and to correct the acidity of sorrel . The white and the green are the most desirable varieties . The plant should be grown quickly in rich soil . It may be sown in rows 2 ft. apart, and about the same distance in the row, about March, and for succession again in June . If needful, water must be freely given, so as to maintain a rapid growth . A variety, A . ;•ortensis var. rubra, commonly called red mountain spinach, is a hardy annual 3 to 4 ft. high with fine ornamental foliage .