Excerpt from The Gardener's Monthly Volume, Vol. 2: The Pine Apple, Its Culture, Uses, and History; July, 1847To ascertain this point decisively, he filledfour vessels with hot water. The water in the first vessel was 130 degrees hot, that in the second 140, that in the third 150, and that in the fourth 160. Into each these vessels he put a few pine plants, divested of their fibrous roots, and suffered them to remain in the water about an hour. The plants which had been immersed in the water heated to 140 and 150 degrees, were a little hurt at the extremities of their leaves, but after being dried in the' hothouse, they were planted, and grew as vigorous as if they had not been put into hot water; the plants put into water 130 degrees warm were not in the least injured; but those put into water heated to 160 degreeswere entirely destroyed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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