. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 9SO The American Florist. Apr. 6, Salt as a Fertilizer. El). Am. Florist: Some time since someone asked how salt would do as a fertilizer for srailax. I would like to ask another question: How would salt work on asparagus? As the original wild form of asparagus is found along the Mediterranean coast, it is naturally a salt-loving plant. The garden varieties like salt; why should not salt be used on our greenhouse form? As I have never had occasion to use any on this variety myself, I would like to know if some flo
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 9SO The American Florist. Apr. 6, Salt as a Fertilizer. El). Am. Florist: Some time since someone asked how salt would do as a fertilizer for srailax. I would like to ask another question: How would salt work on asparagus? As the original wild form of asparagus is found along the Mediterranean coast, it is naturally a salt-loving plant. The garden varieties like salt; why should not salt be used on our greenhouse form? As I have never had occasion to use any on this variety myself, I would like to know if some florist has tried it, and if so, with what result. F. J. Ulbricht. Anniston, Ala. Referring to above question, we quote the following opinion from the new book, "Manures, How to Make and How to I'se Them," by Frank W. Sempers, pub- lished by W. .4tlee Burpee & Co. ' Until recently the peculiar action of salt upon soils very rich in nitrogen has not bt-en clearly understood. It is now known that in many soils potash, lime and mag- nesia can be made available for plants by an application of common salt. Its action is to decompose the double hy- drous silicates of calcium, potassium, and magnesium, and thus serve indi- rect!}' a very useful purpose. Salt dis- places, first, lime, then magnesia and potash and some phosphoric acid. Prof. Storer has suggested that the physiolog- ical action of salt in checking the growth of straw and stalks on lands highly charged with nitrogenous manures, may be due to the chlorine in the salt which acts to restrain the growth rather than the sodium; also that the salt may kill or hinder the development of the nitric ferment, or some other organism that makes the soil nitrogen active,—or that perhaps the effect of the salt may be due to a general weakening of the plant. "Some plants have the power to resist the injurious action of salt. It is a com- mon practice to use salt for manure on asparagus beds, but the opinion is gain- ing
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