VEGETABLE PLANTS. 89 



any side up that may happen during the jour- 

 ney. 



Second-hand soap and saleratus boxes are of 

 good size and shape for packing-boxes. With 

 the best of packing, plants will not safely with- 

 stand more than three days' journey, and a dis- 

 tance occupying two days will be as great as 

 will be found profitable, taking into considera- 

 tion the risk and also the increased express 

 charges. 



We have recently adopted cheap willow bas- 

 kets for packing but a few hundred plants. 

 They are light, neat, cheap, and admit air 

 freely, so as to carry plants in the best possible 

 condition. 



CARE ox ARRIVAL. Fully as important as 

 that the plants be properly packed, is it that 

 the receiver understand what to do with them 

 when received. The plants will undoubtedly be 

 somewhat wilted and the roots more or less 

 dry. The boxes should be opened as soon as 

 possible upon receipt, the bunches taken out, 

 and the roots dipped in water. The plants 

 should then be laid loosely in some cool, shady 

 place, until they revive and freshen up. Many 

 planters dip the roots in water, and then in dry 

 plaster, before setting out in the field. This 



