On Hedging, 



IN FROSTY AVEATHER. 



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 conies to hand, the plants must 

 be taken out, separated from the stufling 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. 

 Thev are then to be washed out clean, and particularly 



