R. C. M.--1. To press flowers, gather them when dry, not quite full-blown, and before the sun has faded them; press them between sheets of botanical-paper, change and dry the latter constantly. 2. You can draw an outline upon a mirror with red pencil and Indian ink. It is better, however, to mark the design through tracing-paper with a knitting-needle. ASTHORE and DOLLY.--The generality of the advertisements named by you are not to be relied on, and we advise your not spending your money as you propose. LARRY WILFER.--Female art scholarships are conferred by the Slade School, by the Crystal Palace School of Art, and by the National Art Training School, South Kensington. Apply for farther information to the secretaries of each of these schools. A WOULD-BE ARTIST.--There is a school of wood-engraving at 122, Kennington Park-road. The yearly fee for instruction is L3, and free scholarships after the first year are obtainable by students. These latter must be upwards of sixteen years of age. PRINCESS PEACE.--1. There is a preparation sold by Lechertier and Barbe for fixing chalk drawings. It is a liquid, which is blown upon the picture when finished with an apparatus resembling a scent-spray (price 2s.). 2. If you can obtain regular employment from a good firm, wood-carving is profitable, especially when you can originate your designs; but these appointments are not to be had every day. Show some of your work to an upholsterer, or a carver and gilder, and you may either obtain an engagement or at least an order. HOUSEKEEPING. A YOUNG WIFE is certainly entitled to display any large articles of silver she may possess on her sideboard in the dining-room. PASTORA should have the silver cleaned by a silversmith. 2. A recipe for "pot pourri" has lately been given. A FARMER'S DAUGHTER.--The feathers required a very much longer time for drying, and must also be "stripped," as it is called, _i.e._, all the large thick stalks taken out. It is these which have not dried, and retain the animal particles, causing the smell. PINCHER and FREDA.--A recipe for "pot pourri" was given at page 224, vol. v. A YOUNG DOMESTIC.--We should recommend the eiderdown quilt being sent to a cleaner's, as it will only lead to disappointment if you wash it at home. Put a little glycerine on the tea-stain before it goes to the wash. PRIMROSE should try a little tripoli and water upon the surface of the table. It will remove the spots. PRIMEVERE.--There have been no other papers but those you mention on "Economical Housekeeping," but we shall probably give more on both subjects. WILLOUGHBY.--We do not think that either green gooseberry jam or jelly can be kept green; they always boil a light red.