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IN FROSTY WEATHER. 
Should a box of plants come to hand when the earth 
is shut up by the frost or covered with snow, it is 
immediately to be placed in a cellar, and to remain 
there until the frost is over, or the snow is gone, and 
the ground in a fit condition to have them trenched. If 
there is reason to suspect, from the intensity of the cold, 
that the frost has penetrated to the plants, the box must 
not be opened until the mild warmth of the cellar has 
- had time to dissolve the frosty particles; as handling the 
plants in that state might prove extremely injurious. 
A sound discretion must therefore be exercised in 
such a case, and some days suffered to elapse before even 
curiosity itself is permitted to look into the box. Nei- 
ther must it be subjected to any sort of extra heat, but 
left to the influence of the cellar alone, or to the return 
of open weather, to effect a thaw, at which period the 
plants are to be treated as above described. 
A BOX OF PLANTS LONG DETAINED BY 
THE WAY. 
If from some accidental circumstance this should 
happen to be the case, and the spring be pretty far ad- 
vanced when the box comes to hand, the plants must 
be. taken out, separated from the stufiing and examined; 
if they are found to be still alive, they may probably 
be recovered, although in a sickly state, by proper ma- 
nagement. To this effect they are to be totally immer- 
sed in clear soft water, the coolest that can be obtained. 
They are then to be washed out clean, and particularly 
