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One of the largest specialists in growing this type of plants is 

 Antoine Schultheis, of College Point, who has approximately sixty 

 thousand square feet of glass area devoted to their production. 

 Mr. Schultheis grows a larger number of ericas than of other 

 species. His range, however, has a splendidly-grown representa- 

 tion of most species of potted plants. Louis Duprey, of White- 

 stone, is another large grower, and his remarkable plants have won 

 many- prizes at flower exhibitions. 



PALMS AND FERNS 



There are no establishments in New York that grow palms and 

 other exotics on a large scale, the New York market being supplied 

 largely by Connecticut, ISTew Jersey, and Pennsylvania. F. R. 

 Pierson of Tarrytown, however, makes a specialty of growing 

 ferns of the Nephrolepis type, and his houses are filled with many 

 varieties, from the coarse-fronded " Poston " type to the finely 

 divided ^' elegantissima." They are in all stages of development, 

 from the newly-formed runner to the splendidly " finished " speci- 

 men plant. 



BEEKEEPING IN THE EAST 



J. H. M. Cook, Caldwell, N. J. 



Beekeeping in any particular locality differs from any other 

 locality only as different climatic conditions prevail and cause 

 the bloom to occur at different seasons. The difference is in local- 

 ity and not in bees. 



BEES, READILY ADAPT THEMSELVES TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT 



The beekeeper must consider well the enviromnents and natural 

 conditions of hia locality and bring his efforts to conform to those 

 conditions, knowing that the bees will faithfully do their part. 

 Bees are most accommodating creatures, and they will adapt 

 themselves to the conditions in which Nature has placed them. 

 They live and thrive wherever honey-producing plants abound. 

 When their lot is cast in this wintry zone, upon the approach of 

 cold weather they cluster in a compact mass, thus conserving the 

 heat generated by the consumption of the honey they have stored, 

 and maintaining living conditions until the advent of spring, when 

 they again pursue their life work of gathering nectar and rearing 

 young bees to replenish the depleting colony. 



