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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Whenever flowers are to 

 be accompanied by rib- 

 bons these should be very 

 carefully selected, pest the 

 colors interfere with each 

 other. In the little draw- 

 ing of a hanging silver 

 bowl containing a bunch 

 of Magenta Cattleya the 

 ribbon is supposed to be of 

 a bluer tone than the' flow- 

 ers. Any other color than 

 a dull magenta or a purple magenta does not serve the pur- 

 pose quite so well. I have seen this fact demonstrated beyond 

 all question, where the ribbon was crimson in^hue, and as a 

 consequence the delicate sober color of the flowers was com- 

 pletely spoiled. Such a hanging bowl or basket is a delight- 

 fully appropriate accessory to artistically arranged flowers ; 

 there are many pretty designs made in silver plated ware of 

 this order, any of which would be an acquisition. — The Amer- 

 ican Florist. 



Fig. 422. — Top of a China Dresser. 



J^iG. 42.3. 



$ T\)t ^piapy ^ 



THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

 NORTH AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER'S ASSOCIATION. 



( Continued from January Number.) 



N apiary should never be run for comb honey alone, 

 and in running for comb honey, the only object 

 kept in view should be the production to per- 

 fection of. this article. To do this, swarming 

 must take place. From clean parent colonies 

 good comb honey may be secured, but rarely 

 as good as from swarms. When the bees 

 swarm they should be hived on thfe old 

 stands and either on very narrow strips of 

 foundation about half an inch deep or on 

 full sheets. Localities undoubtedly vary 

 as to the amount of pollen deposited in the combs, 

 and in a locality in which the bees gather an undue 

 amount of pollen, I should say try and make the bee 

 draw out and fasten to frames foundation early in the 

 season, and hive the bees Upon these combs. Failing this, use full sheets of 



