In the last month's issue of the 'Gardener' a correspondent wished to know the most effectual means of destroying ants. Though I will not say that what I am going to recommend is the most effectual means, I will say that it is certain death to all of them it comes in contact with. Those who have not been pestered with this most inveterate delinquent have great reason to be thankful; for among all the living pests that a gardener has to contend with, this, I think, is the most troublesome of them all.

This is my plan. My hot-water pipes are much the same as a correspondent describes his. Near their principal haunts I lay down a little half-putrefied raw meat minced small daily. The ants soon gather to the feast in myriads; then perhaps every second day, about 11 a.m., I let the temperature of the house or houses increase as far as I can with safety for an hour, which brings them out in increased numbers; then I take two or three pans of boiling water and give them a warm bath, and that lot never troubled me again; and this 1 did from day to day till I got rid of them. This plan, perseveringly carried out, I am certain will enable your correspondent to get rid of his ants.

Peter Cater.