FROZEN PLANTS 



of the plant are not so likely to be injured as 

 its branches, because the latter are more ex- 

 posed. Therefore give the roots a chance to 

 make an effort to perpetuate the existence of 

 the plant of which they form a part, and wait 

 patiently for such a result. Root-action is al- 

 ways slower than that of the above-ground 

 growth. 



If you do not happen to have a cool room 

 to put your plants in when frozen the cellar is 

 a very good substitute for it. I have frequently 

 put frosted plants away in it, and left them to 

 fight out the battle for life alone, and found, 

 a few days later, that they had recovered al- 

 most as completely as those to which the treat- 

 ment outlined above had been given. The 

 low temperature, the darkness, and the grad- 

 ual extraction of frost resulting therefrom had 

 done the wor.k in good shape. 



