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Show I rtVct r I roat oil 1 Unt, In regard to tho ability of plants to 1 bcurinore front when their top nre dry than when wet, tt may lj set down as 1 plying toallthoHo that urelurdy in well as tho kinds that aro tender, that tho more moUture there is hanging aliout them th more I hi) sutftr from btlug couhned, lkond the Injury that occurs to plants that are not hardy when their toisgU frozeu, there Is another way Id which eviiii hardy plants that have their roots conllncd to pot or shnllnr tt pit auces suffer if the roll in which the) are growing gcta frozen. That U through the Hxputubu common to all bodies that obnorb water when the watt r they con tain gets frozen nnd which, lu the cue of thurootibo placed, i richer, llicm to uu extent that often taiiees their duf.tnio-tloii, duf.tnio-tloii, aud wldch would not occur wero they hi the open ground wlurotho soil Isuut socoutlntd. Couwquently, whin au) plant, how eur hardy it ma be, ho IU roots so contintxl and It within tho inchof frotit either out of doors or I u unheated pits or f Minos, the pots should bo protected In some way or plunged deep i nough to kt ep the soil wlthiu them from being frozen. |
