The bed is then watered, sometimes with lukewarm water to which a small quantity of nitrate of soda has been added.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
When the plants are approaching full size a light dressing of nitrate of soda raked into the soil is used to push them along and check any tendency to button.
"The Cauliflower"
A. A. Crozier
He wanted some nitrate of silver in order to blacken his face, so as to pass unperceived through the gates.
"A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People"
Henry Blanc