What shall we do to get rid of the Peach worm! It seems to me most writers on fruit-culture entirely underrate the mischief they do. This is certainly the case, if they are as troublesome in other parts of the Union as in this vicinity. In clay soils, and where the trees stand in a lawn or grass plat, they are less troublesome; but unless some remedy shall be found, the culture of the Peach in gardens, especially where the soil is sandy, will be abandoned in a short time, in this place. Some of our most zealous and intelligent amateur cultivators are ready to give it up in despair. Exterminate the worms ever so carefully with the knife or boiling water, and apply ashes faithfully, as directed in books, in the fall you find the worms have made a lodgment in the roots of your trees. If the trees are small, you find them nearly or quite girdled, or so injured that the cold of the following winter kills them; and hundreds of large trees are dead, or are dying a lingering death, by their means. Tobacco has been used heretofore with success; but that fails note, A citizen of this place says he has used coffee-grounds placed around the tree, With good effect; but a single season's trial of any thing is insufficient, especially when it has been used on two or three trees only.

I last year applied lima to two trees, in the manner recommended by J. C. Wright, in the Horticulturist of 1851, page 169. The earth was removed so as to form a basin around the tree, four or five inches deep; this cavity was filled with what masons call putty, that is, a paste made of lime, rising two or three inches above the surface of the ground. This formed a cement impenetrable to the grub; and on examining these two trees a few days since, they were found free from worms, while others standing near, which were treated differently, were seriously. injured by them. Whether any bad results might follow the application of this remedy to very young trees, or when growing rapidly, or whether it would be as successful as in this instance, is yet to be determined. (1)

The cold of the past winter has been unusually fatal to trees, shrubs, and plants, here. The mercury did not sink lower than it frequently has done before, but the ground was bare, almost the entire winter, and the changes from moderate to cold were frequent and sudden. Strawberries, unless fully protected, have been generally killed. A great many Peach trees, especially those that had been injured by the worm, have died. A great many dwarf Pears have died; the Quince roots and stocks, up to the union with the Pear, being black, while the Pear-wood and bark appeared healthy. (2) I confess I felt rather sad when I pulled up a number of trees, that in the fall appeared every way promising, and used them for Pea sticks. Well, if we had no troubles of this sort, I suppose fruit-culture would be too much as Adam had it, when he commenced gardening.

Isabella Grape vines in my garden, an inch or more in diameter, have been killed to the ground him, to forward according to circumstances, and if sent by rail-road, let him take and forward to the dealer or purchaser a contract, providing against delay. (When on board of steamers bound for the proper porta, there it not much danger of delay.) A person ordering trees cannot tell what route will be the most expeditious; and the nurserymen cannot tell the best route to forward by from Buffalo, at the time the trees reach that point I do not propose that this expense should be paid by the nurserymen, but let them add to their bills a charge for forwarding, which would be light upon each purchaser, properly apportioned. A. O. Babcock.

Some effective arrangement will no doubt be made by the nurseries here, before the fall business opens. One great source of delay is, that all rail roads and steam boats have more freight offered them during spring and fall, than their facilities enable them to transport promptly.