Amarante. Amaranth.

No. 501. - This is a hardy annual plant, originally from China. The stems are three feet high, having many branches that are prolific with green leaves variegated with red. They are long and sharply pointed. The leaves are used in the same manner as spinach and resemble it in taste. Sow them in April in good garden soil, and they will yield abundantly during most of the summer.