J. B. K

Drain at least 3 feet deep, 8 yards apart. Trench the ground, turning up as far as the staple is good, forking over the subsoil, but leaving it in the bottom. We would not pare the turf off unless wanted for other purposes. Strawberries, if well manured, will do well after the Potato crop. Ascertain what Gooseberries and Strawberries pay best in your locality, and plant the same varieties. Ash Leaf Kidney Potato will do well in frames.

J. B. Lawton

Two parts rather heavy loamy soil, and one part well-decomposed cow-manure, will grow your Pansies well. It should be two feet deep. Soil that has been twenty years in the bottom of a wood heap cannot be of much use for plant-growing.

J. Bierell, Lancaster

The following are really twelve first-rate. All or any of them will do well for competition purposes. Arabella Improved, Nabob, Rossini, Inimitable, Hogart, Noblesse, Warrior, Beauty of Kent, Crown Prince of Prussia, Maid of Honour, Ringleader, Lizzy Haxam.

J. Burton, Norham

Delphinium Beatsonii is a double, Madame H. Jaco-tot is a single; both very fine. Rhododendron Dalhousieana and Countess of Haddington, both require protection through the winter.

J. Craig

We never heard of the Sphagnum being infested with mealy bug on the moors before. Are you sure it is mealy bug?

J. G

Certainly not.

J. G. B

You are doubtless right in your views of the remorseless way in which the Lapwing is destroyed, and of its value as an insect destroyer; but so long as there exists such a demand for them by the rich there will be boys to carry on the work of destruction.

J. Gayton

Shanking in Grapes is caused by several conditions. See our reply to another correspondent on the same subject. It is not easy for us to say what in your case is producing it, unless we are furnished with more particulars than you state.

J. H

An article on Violets in pots for winter use will appear in our next issue.

J. H #1

A paper on Violets in our next issue.

J. Hiscocks

The Alnwick Seedling is a fine late Grape. It will do at the cool end of your Muscat-house.

J. K

It is entirely impossible for us to state what breaks the leaves of your Yucca, because they may get broken in many ways. A man, or some animal, or the wind, may do it; but from anything you tell us we cannot guess which of them does it.