THE ELOEAL WOBLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 93 



REVIVING PLANTS. 



LY A CORRESPONDENT. 



|HEN the leaves of plants have become dry, their buds 

 faded, their bark and roots hard and nearly dry, if not 

 absolutely dead, they may be revived by the following 

 means : — Dissolve camphor to saturation in alcohol 

 adding the former until it remains solid at the bottom 

 of the latter; a sufficient quantity of rain or river water is then to 

 have the alcoholic solution added to it, in the proportion of four 

 drops to one ounce of water. As the camphor comes in contact 

 with the water it will form a thin solid film, which is to be well 

 beaten up ; the camphor will be found to float on the surface for a 

 short time in small flocculi, but will ultimately combine with the 

 water and disappear. 



Plants which have been removed from the earth, and suffered 

 from a long journey or otherwise, should be plunged into the cam- 

 phorated water, so that they may be entirely covered ; in two or 

 perhaps three hours the contracted leaves will expand ; the youn/r, 

 faded, and dependent shoots will erect themselves, and the dried 

 bark will become smooth and full. That being effected, the plant is 

 to be placed in good earth, copiously watered with rain or river- 

 water, and protected from the powerful action of the sun, until 

 the roots have taken good hold of the grouud. When large plants 

 or trees are to be revived, their roots are to be plunged into the 

 camphorated water for three hours, the trunk and even the head of 

 the tree being frequently wetted with the same water, so as to retain 

 them in a perfectly moistened state; but it is always best, if 

 possible, to immerse the whole of the plaut. Shoots, sprigs, slips, 

 and roots are to be treated in the same manner. 



THE GARDEN GUIDE FOR MARCH. 



FLOWER GAEDEN. 



NT alterations not yet completed must be finished at once. All climb- 

 ing and creeping plants should be attended to, properly fixer), and 

 new stakes supplied where required. Plant herbaceous plants, and 

 sow seeds of annuals and perennials. Examine rose trees, and mike 

 the stakes safe, and tread firm any that are loose at, the roots. The 

 ground between tulips and pansies should be carefully hoed, and the main branches 

 of the pansies should be pegged down and covered with a mixture of fine earth, 

 and manure to promote roots. Should the beds and borders require to be due, 

 they must be very carefully treated to prevent injury to any p'ants that are push- 

 ing through. If Dahlias are not already started, no time should be lost. Pinks, 

 Carnations, and Picotees should have the surfice of the ground will stirred and 

 atop-dressing, as it is a great protection against the easterly winds bo prevalent 

 during March. Calceolariaa should have a shift into large pot's, allowing plenty of 

 drainuge, and giving the plants a gentle watering with a fine rase, keeping them 

 close for about a week and shading from the mid-day gun. The already rooted 

 stock of soft-wooded plants should be potted off, and be placed in a bent of ab tul 

 5C°, bo that they may become well established before hardening off. Cuttings 

 March. 



