1835, David Booth, An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, page 235:
The generic name CHENOPODIUM [...] was given on account of the form of the leaves of the early-included species. Of those, the best known are the Bonus Henricus, GOOD KING HENRY, Wild SPINAGE, or ALLGOOD, the leaves of which are often eaten as greens; the urbicum, or upright BLITE; the album, common ORACH, or FROST-BLITE; […]
mentions which identify the plant:
1824, James Edward Smith, The English Flora, page 13:
7. Ch. album. White Goosefoot. Leaves rhomboid-ovate, […]
Ch. album. Linn. Sp. Pl. 319. Willd. v. 1. 1302. Fl. Br. 275. Engl. Bot. v. 24. t. 1723. Curt. Lond. fasc. 2. t. 15. Hook. Scot. 84.