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necessary to the round ones is entirely obviated. These con¬ 
siderations have brought me to the conclusion, that of all arti¬ 
ficial forms for climbing plants the flat trellis is the best. 
Hortulanus. 
[In our opinion a slightly convex frame possesses all the 
advantages of either of the forms mentioned by our correspond¬ 
ent ; in fact, displaying the plant to greater advantage than 
any other. We perfectly agree with him in his remarks on 
“ grouping,” climbers are a distinct class of plants, and under 
all circumstances, excepting only when employed to ornament 
a fixed structure, should be kept as distinctly separate. Ed.] 
RECOVERY OF PLANTS FROM FROST. 
It is not so generally known among amateur cultivators as per¬ 
haps is to be wished, that plants which by some inadvertent 
accident have been subject to the influence of frost may be 
recovered by simple means without experiencing any material 
injury, and it may happen, that, by mentioning it at this season, 
the lives of some especial favourites will be preserved. 
We are fully cognisant of the unpleasant change experienced 
when it becomes necessary to turn out of a warm bed into the 
open air at about four or five o’clock on a frosty morning in 
winter, to attend to the comfort of these vegetable pets, a duty 
which, however urgent, nothing but professional habit or a most 
enthusiastic love of plants can ever render endurable ; knowing 
this, we are aware of the great probability of personal comfort re¬ 
ceiving first attention, and the possible consequences of it. 
Should it happen, either through this cause or any other, that 
greenhouse plants, or those preserved in frames, are exposed to 
the action of frost for a short time, they may be recovered 
by excluding light as much as possible, and allowing them to 
thaw gradually. The readiest mode is to cover the house with 
mats, and apply a very gentle fire. The temperature should 
be raised about five degrees above the freezing point, and main¬ 
tained at it, but not higher, for three or four hours before the 
mats are removed; this will certainly restore them, unless. 
