Dear Sir: - During the early part of the past summer I had a very fine bed of Wilson's Albany Strawberries, containing about six square rods of ground, which produced nearly seven bushels of berries, (an enormous yield, I should judge,) but immediately after bearing, the plants began to die out, and have continued to do so, till there is not probably one in a hundred left. On examination, I find that the plants are infested with worms, of from one eighth to three quarters of an inch long, and of the diameter of a pin, and in some cases of a knitting needle.

Now what shall I do to get rid of them? I have about an acre of plants growing near them, and I am fearful that the pest will spread to them. Is it usual for strawberries to be thus infested? I have never read a word from any strawberry grower concerning them, and until recently did not suspect that such an enemy was at hand.

My ground was well manured from a cow-stable, and is rather low, so that it is not much affected by drought. It consists of sand, which will produce little or nothing without manure. I would also state that another field of the same plants, on the other side of the city, and five miles distant, on dry sandy land, without manure, have been injured in the same way.

Chicago, HI. Inquirer.

[The above, with several other letters of inquiry, was mislaid, or it would have been sooner answered. We suspect that your strawberries were planted on land recently in sod, and that they have been attacked by the wire worm, which is very apt to be the case under such circumstances, though, in our experience only to a limited extent. In land that has been long in sod, the wire worm often accumulates in large numbers. If we are right in our conjecture, there is little danger to your other plants, unless they are growing in sod laud. A good dressing of lime and ashes is the best remedy we can suggest. Apply the lime early this spring, and as soon as it has been washed in by a good rain, put on the ashes. - Ed].

Mr. Mead, - Please tell us in your April number the manner of becoming a member to the "American Pomological Society." Must he be able to pronounce correctly the names of all the French pears 1 If so, I could not get in. Please say, also, the plan or arrangement for admitting outsiders, for I am desirous to attend and hear the discussions. Very truly yours, Provincetown, Mass., March 12, 1862. Rufus Conant, Jr.

[Doubtless many others would be glad to have the same kind of information. If you send a couple of dollars to President Wilder, or Treasurer James, he will return you a parchment, giving you all the privileges of membership for two years. These privileges consist in free access to all the meetings, a copy of the published proceedings, the opportunity of making some clever acquaintances, etc. The test you allude to is not applied; it would make the society exceedingly slim and exclusive, and destroy its usefulness. They have not got to that yet! The only "outsiders" admitted are delegates from other societies, and members of the press. All others must "fork over" the "two." We think we have made it plain to you how to become a member. - Ed].

Editor Of The Horticulturist #1

Dear Sir: I Bend to you this day, per Adams & Co.'s Express, a sample of an apple cultivated and disseminated through this State under the name of "Albemarle Pippin." My attention was called to it seven years ago (soon after I came here to reside), it being spoken of in the highest terms. I put myself to no little inconvenience to get a glimpse at the ne plus ultra of apples, and, I assure you, I was not a little surprised to meet an old acquaintance - the Yellow Newtown Pippin. I obtained some specimens at the time, and presented them to persons whom I thought better acquainted with fruits than myself, and they agreed with me that it was, beyond doubt, the Newtown Pippin. The specimens I send you are not so fine as we often have, nor do they show to a good advantage, as they have been much bruised by hauling some thirty miles or more over a rough road; but you will make due allowance for all this in treatment, and, I think, still find the Newtown Pippin in them.

Thomas, in his Fruit Culturist, describes the Albemarle Pippin as a distinct variety. There is no doubt that soil and climate have much to do in bringing out the good qualities of fruit, and Albemarle County, and all that range of country in proximity to the eastern base of the Blue Ridge, so far as I am familiar with it, seems particularly adapted to the growth and perfection of that variety. As I said before, it is cultivated and disseminated through this State as a distinot variety, and it is for the purpose of correcting this error that I now write, as I think it the duty of every one to correct eyery error in the nomenclature of fruits that may come under his notice. Franklin Davis.

[We think the apple is the Newtown Pippin, modified slightly by soil and climate. - ED].

Marietta, Ohio. J. J. Smith, Esq.: I send you to-day, by Adams' Express, a couple of apples of a variety called here the Prince Apple. It is one of the most salable and productive varieties we have. In season from December to May; keeps well. The specimens sent are the best of last season, but no more than the average of a good apple year. If you are acquainted with the apple, please give the name by which it is known, as I can find no apple of the name we give it here in the different works on fruit, or in catalogues.

Tours, respectfully, J. M.

[The " Prince" was received in good order, but it is unknown to us. It has something of the appearance of the William Penn of Columbia, but all the specimens of the latter we have seen are more oblate. - ED].

To the Editor of the HORTICULTURIST; Noticing in your valuable magazine, of the present month, an advertisement for the sale of the Becar seedling camellia, A. J, Downing, I was mnoh surprised that so rare and truly beautiful an acquisition as this certainly is (doubtless, by all odds, tus finest American or any other seedling camellia ever raised), was not more generally advertised; of course it was in the Horticulturist, and why not in Hovey's Magazine, Country Gentlemen, j-c, that all readers might have an opportunity of trying for, if not all able to procure so rich a floral treasure? For my part, I think it yerj clumsy management on the part of those to whom the matter was intrusted (which by no means is intended to include Mr. Ranch, the worthy agent and good florist). A drawing of it ought to have been taken when in flower last winter, and by that accomplished flower artist, Mr. Wakeling (now somewhere within hail, even in this wide country), the prints carefully colored, and published as the frontispiece of your number simultaneously with the advertisement.

Q. Q.

N. J., March 26,1857.

Milford, Conn., April 15,1837. J. J,. Smith, Esq - Sir: I transplanted some tulip-trees, two years ago, with such success, that I wish the readers of the Horticulturist to know how it was done. In June, when the trees were in full foliage, I selected trees - say six or eight feet high, growing in turf ground. I took them up with the sod around the roots. I then pinched off all the leaves, and planted them without shortening in; they soon threw out new leaves, and are now thrifty growing trees. I have also found no trouble in transplanting our native hemlocks, by taking them up with the earth unbroken around the roots, which is easily done when they do not grow among the rooks, as they always throw out a network of roots on the surface, and, with proper care, they can be taken up without exposing the roots. Should the earth fall off from the roots, throw away the tree; you cannot save it.

Tours, truly, G. C.