A. C. Cade

In so mild a climate we do not consider chambering necessary. The depth of soil, if you do chamber, should be 2 1/2 feet. The more the rainfall, the greater necessity there is for draining, of course. Outside borders managed as you propose, are to be preferred to confining the roots to the inside. Late Grapes require least fire-heat, and probably with coals so dear, will suit your purpose best.

A. D. F

Clematis Jackmanii has more points of excellence than any of the darks that we have seen. Lanuginosa nivea is by far the finest white; Lady Bovil the best bluish lavender. Give them rich soil, and do not plant till spring.

A. H., Upper Norwood

Are your plants become pot-bound and stunted? If so, give them a shift, and grow them freely, well ripening their young wood, and they will bloom.

A. L

Your request is anticipated, as a series of papers on the Peach will begin in March.

A. L #1

The best preserving Strawberry is the old Grove-end Strawberry. It is not a large fruit, and it boils whole if gathered dry. The flavour is good, and probably it will yield as great a weight of fruit off a given space as any other variety in existence. Keen's Seedling is too large and soft for making first-rate preserves. Plant at once in well trenched and manured soil.

A. M'K

Mildew in Vines has been very common this year, but not nearly so much so as it was some twenty years ago. Wash your rods well with soap and tepid water after removing the loose bark, then paint them all over with a mixture of sulphur, soot, tobacco-water, and a little clay to give the whole the consistency of paint.

A. M. S

We suspect the evil is caused by an escape of sulphureous gas from the furnace in some way or other. See if there are any openings round the hot-water pipes where they pass from the boiler into the house, and if there are, stop them.

A. Simpson

Canavalia gladiata is one of the Leguminosae, a native of East Indies and tropical Africa, and consequently requires warm stove treatment.

A. T. Thomson

Plant your Carnations out at the end of March or beginning of April.

A. Y. S

The best Odontoglossums for cut-flowers are 0. Alexandria, 0. cirrosum, 0. pescatorei, 0. nebulosum, 0. pulchellum. They thrive in a temperature slightly above that of an ordinary greenhouse.

A.P

The society in question is a burlesque on horticulture, and a disgrace to the first horticultural nation in the world. The sooner it is supplanted with some improved order of things the better. When a thing becomes despicably bad, there is hope of something better. Nothing more for the present; you will hear of something startling soon.