Under the initials of "K. Y." a correspondent writes: "I am suffering in a great degree - i.e., my Peas - from a vigorous attack of Curculio linearis and C. macularius; and I shall be glad if you will tell me in your next number how to exterminate the 'varmints.' I have already given a liberal dressing of soot and lime, but with no effect; and, as a last resource, I buried about 50 yards of Peas when the little nuisances were hard at work near midnight." One person to whom this inquiry was submitted states, "I have always found a good dressing of hot lime and soot will have the desired effect; it makes the leaves so bitter that they will not attack them." Another advocates diverting their attention to something even more palatable as a means of drawing them away from devouring the Peas. He states, "Peas are not the natural food of the weevil; it is an acquired taste. Put slices of beetroot or carrot in their way; succulent roots are sure to prove too tempting to be passed by. The weevils hide by day, and work by night; therefore place pieces of boards near the lines of Peas, as hiding-places by day, and on these place the food provided for them.

When I find ants attacking my fruits, I often put sugar in their way; it spoils their taste for acids, and they leave the fruits alone." "We are sorry a delay we could not avoid prevented this from appearing in our last number.

Hot Water may be employed for the destruction of the insects that most commonly infest plants. The few experiments made have been attended with such promising results that we shall hope to find opportunity soon for repeating them in a more extended and systematic manner. For the present we shall speak of aphis only, and as that is the most prevalent of plant-pests, we trust these remarks will be useful to many readers. It appears, then, that aphides quickly perish if immersed in water heated to 120° Fahr. We obtained from various sources plants infested with green-fly, and cleansed them all by the simple process of dipping. As the experiments were made in the month of February, we thought it probable that aphis might endure in June a temperature many degrees higher than that which proved fatal to them in the earlier and colder season. Hence it became desirable to ascertain the degree of heat the plants could endure in the dipping process. A number of herbaceous and soft-wooded plants were therefore subjected to the process of immersion in water heated to various degrees above 120°. We found that Fuchsias were unharmed at 140°, but at 150° the young leaves were slightly injured.

Calceolarias suffered at 140°, but the plants were not killed, though their soft tops perished. Pelargoniums were unhurt up to 150°, but the slightest rise beyond that figure killed the soft wood and the young leaves completely. Chinese Primulas were injured by any rise beyond 140°, and this at last proved to be the most general maximum, and may be cited as a rule for observance. Centaureas, Sedums, Saxifragas, Thyrsa-canthus, Justicias, Ferns, Heliotropes, Petunias, Begonias, Mignonette, and many other plants of soft texture, were unhurt by being dipped in water at 140°, but the slightest rise beyond that point was followed by blackening of the leaves, and consequent disfigurement of the plant, and at 150° the process of killing commenced. - The Gardencr's Magazine.