"An Amateur" would feel much obliged to the Editor of the 'Gardener' for a few hints about the proper cultivation of Tuberoses. They were put, according to directions, in bottom-heat in the spring, thence transferred to a small greenhouse. They are now flowering, but so drawn up as to be totally unfit for drawing-room decoration.

[We shall be obliged to any correspondent who has grown Tuberoses successfully if he will give us a paper on the subject, and gratify the above writer. - Ed].

"R. G. R." - The insect on your Vines is no doubt the mealy bug. When you prune them this autumn, remove all the loose bark on them, even beneath the line of the soil, and then wash them well with a hard brush and soap-and-water; afterwards paint the canes over with a mixture of two ounces soft-soap, two gills tobacco-water, and clay enough to make the whole of the consistency of paint, to two quarts of water. This should get rid of the pest, but it will at times be found on the roots 6 inches under the soil, from which it will emerge in the spring. When you see many ants running on your Vines, suspect brown-scale or mealy bug, and wash them off by using a brush, soap, and water.