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water. These have been all employed with marked 

 advantage. 



The quantity of salt that may be used is truly 

 astonishing. We have tried it for the last three 

 years, and approve of it much. Indeed the natural 

 habits of this plant point at once to the propriety of 

 a frequent application of salt. Mr. Beaton argues 

 very ingeniously on this head, and his remarks are un- 

 doubtedly in the main correct. There is, however, 

 such a thing as a pressure of business at certain pe- 

 riods in gardening, and any recipe to be generally 

 useful must be simple. Therefore we would say, as a 

 broad rule — seeing that salt is by no means a costly 

 affair — give the beds a salting in November, in De- 

 cember, and again in 'January, in preference to a 

 very heavy dressing all at once. This will no doubt 

 infuse enough of the saline principle for the succeed- 

 ing summer, and if liquid manures can be applied in 

 July abundantly and during hot weather, so much 

 the better. We have salted two years according to 

 this plan, and it seems to us perfectly satisfactory. 



It must be mentioned, however, that it is the 

 opinion of the best cultivators, that in addition to 

 these substances. Asparagus must have farm -yard 

 manure, if it is to be grown well. This, says Dr. 

 Lindley, is true, probably, in the case of heavy, or 

 close land ; but in loose friable soil must be un- 



