A lady writes: "Do you ever put your wilted, dried up specimens into water as hot as you can bear your hand in and leave them for twenty-four hours? When quite a child I accidentally revived a lot of lovely exotics, and have since then frequently made use of the discovery with success".

[It is common with nurserymen when a tree or a cutting is received in a condition where the bark is wilted, to bury it wholly in moist earth. We did not know before that warm water is as good. - Ed. G. M].