IN SALTY OR "ALKALI" 
Other Tips on Planting Water, 
Land and Shore Plarits 
If possible start plantings in bays and 
other places protected from strong waves 
and currents and let them spread to more 
_ exposed situations. 
~ Select fertile bottom not densely grown: 
up to other plants if possible. 
Plant up stream — the current wil} spread 
planting down stream. 
Submerged. water olants such as wild 
Celery, Elodea, and Muskgrass should -not 
be planted in very muddy but in fairly 
Clear water. jn muddy water use plants 
which have leaves growing above the sur- 
face. 
* WATERS — Do not > - 
plant wild Rice in water salty or “alkali* - 
_ to taste. “ Muskgrass, Sago Pond Plant, 
Redhead. Grass and wild Celery grow in 
waters slightly salty to taste, as wel} 
-as in hard fresh waters. widgeon Grass” 
(Ruppia) grows only where salt is present 
_in-either slight or great amounts, or in 
S *atkalfmuwatecs inland. Catetait wll? 
grow both in fresh an& rather salt water. 
Giant Burreed grows in fresh and also 
Slightly salty or slightly "alkali" water. 
Saltcornia and Salt Marsh Bulrush grow on 
salt marsh. Al? of the above mentioned 
plants grow under water except wild Rice, 
Cat-tail, Burreed, Salicornia and Salt 
Marsh Bulrush, which grow on wet shores and 
in shallow water, with leaves above surface, 
NOTE: “Alkali waters are those found 
chiefly in western states and provinces ; 
that contain considerable amounts of vari- 
. ous chemical salts in solution, which leave 
a whitedeposit when water evaporates. — 
