1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUI/FURE. 



Ill 



Places of business were generally closed except 

 llie fruit-stands and drugstores. Besides the 

 churches for the white people, those for our col- 

 ored friends seemed ample and well attended. 

 I never before saw so many motley dressed col- 

 ored boys and girls. These people as a rule 

 seem busy and industrious all through the city. 

 All around the depot, and on the principal 

 streets, Jacksonville is indeed a busy place. In 

 fact, to accommodate business traffic an im- 

 mense structure, a real viaduct, spans all the 

 railroad tracks, and connects Riverside with 

 the princip.'.l streets of the cily, leaving the 

 track-yards unobstructed for the railway traf- 

 fic. On this viaduct one may see crowds of peo- 

 ple on foot, with teams and street-cars passing 

 to and fro almost every hour of the day. In 

 our northern cities at the present time we see 

 very little building going on; at least, there 

 are few structures being put up of any consid- 

 erable size. But here there are not only an im- 

 mense number of tine dwellings, but a large 

 union depot is under full headway in process of 

 construction. The terrible frost, that has been 

 such a severe setback to many of the great 

 Florida industries, seems to have had little ef- 

 fect in stopping improvements here. 



SOMETHING GO()T> FKOM CANADA. 



We notice, by the Prnctieal Fiinner of Jan. 

 5. that T. B Terry has been invited over to the 

 Queen's domains. We make the following ex- 

 tract: 



Ot e of tlie pleasant feiitures of the meeting' was 

 a banquet. At 6 p. m. we moved fi'om the hall, 

 where the work was done, to a g'i'eHt. room where 

 luimerous tables were loadrd down with grood things 

 to eat. besides being- most beautifully decor;ited 

 with Howers. etc. As 1 waltced tbroug-li this beauti- 

 ful spread, at the head of the procession, with the 

 wife of my esteemed friend. President Mills, on my 

 arm. I tlioug-lit that farmers were certainly most 

 highly iionored iu Canada; and when it came to 

 drinlviiiff (water) to the health of the Queen, 1 know 

 tliat I did it as heartily as any one there. About 300 

 were seated at this feast, and eating and toasts, and 

 speeches and merriment, made 34 hours pass away 

 very quicklj'. 



Allow me to say the above is tiptop; but 

 here is something of more special interest to 

 bee-keepers, for it concerns the president of the 

 N. A. B. K. A.: 



I feel particularly indebted to one of my best 

 f ileiids. Sec. Holtermann, for giving' me a chance to 

 see all these tilings with my own eyes and hear them 

 with my own ears. Somehow we do not get a full 

 idea from reports issm d by the Society. They are 

 too modest. T. B. Terry. 



HITCHING-l'OSTS IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN. 



Inasmuch as I have had my say recently in 

 the matter it may be hpst to give liie following 

 from the Massillon Indeiiendent: 



MIGHT NOT WORK. 



A little reform in ihe matter of hitching horses in 

 the business center would be gratefully accepted bj^ 

 everybody. It could be accomplished without giv- 

 ing offense to anybody, by the exercise ot tact<in the 

 part of — say, tlie police force. A personal rcq\iest, 

 for instance, to move on tosome sidestreet, would in 

 time rausecountry visitors to aci'ustom themselves 

 to a change of habit, and the l)usiness streets would 

 be made much freer foi' tinffic—MnxxiUttH Indeiimi- 

 dnit. 



Replying to the above, the Wadsworti, O., 

 Ncivs says: 



That thing was tried in Behidere, III.: and tlien 

 the country visitors politel.y told the city d;ids that, 

 if tliey were not allowed to Intchonthe principal 

 street, thej' would go elsewhere to trade. 



[To which I wish to add, "Good for the 

 'country visitors.' " Let th.-; •• city dads" have 

 the town all by themselves, after th'ir own 

 fashion, and see how they like it. — A. I. R.J 



^PYRIGHT 



S: 1891* _^ 



^f d.T.LOVE 1 1 



PINK BEAUTY. (KOSTELETZKya). 



One of the greatest floral novelties of the age. 

 Perfectly hardv, and covered all summer and 

 autumn with beautiful, tender, bright, rosy- 

 pink flowers as laige and almost as round as 

 silver dollars. Blooms first year from seed; 

 forms a dense shrubby plant H feet high that re- 

 mains in perfection a lifetime. (Jrows readily 

 from seed and succeeds everywhere. Seeds, 2.5c 

 per packet. Plants, r.'.'ic each, or 3 for 50c by mail. 



GIANT PERENNIAL SWEET PEA. 



Flowers ~ inches across; a lo\'cl\ shade of lilac- 

 lilue with fe;ithei'.\ markings of deepei' l)lue and a 

 clear white eye. Forms a dense vine<5 to S feet high. 

 Blossoms the whole of July and August. Surpasses 

 the tincst Clematis. Hardy, growing more beautlfid 

 from year to year. Seeds. 15c ])er liiicket. Plants, 

 ~5c eacli. three foi- •"•(ic. b.\' mail. 



A Flower Oarden for 25c. 



To introdtice our seeds Inlothousandsof homes, and 

 piove by results their superior quality, we mail ten 

 full-sized packets of Flower Seeds tor Sic' These 

 packets coiUain hundreds of vaiietios, and with the 

 simplest cidture will produce a brilliant display of 

 beautiful flowers all summer and autumn, and 

 plenty for cutting for the house. Also a collection 

 ot ten full sized packt-ts of Vegetable Seeds, all fine 

 varieties, foi' 2.5c. 



All Fully Described in Our 



GUIDE TO HORTICULTURE. 



A large book of oxer I-")() pages, copiously illustrat- 

 ed and elegantly i>riiit;-d. In it we describe and otter 

 seeds and plants ot e\ cry thingwtirthy of cultivation 

 in the way of Vegetables and Flowers, Small and 

 Orchard Fruits, Hard\ Flowering Plants, Slirubs 

 and Vines. Koses, Cannas, (iladiolus. Lilies, and 

 other Bulbs, .\(iuatic Plants, Chrysanthemums, etc.. 

 and give full iiisiructions for pruning, care, and 

 culture. 



1^^ TiiiiUwlniitnlrrauijiifUieahoir f/)c Gi'iuk !■•< 

 mnilnl FREK. Tn thuxr who send TEN CENTS, and 

 fiiti irhrre tlicij '<aw Uiix adv't, tve mail n hulh of tin: 

 lorrli) Vdtiegntnl-knvfd Tnhcroni', iilmUiHof Gladiolus, 

 (lint tin: (H'lUK. 



250 acres of Nursery. 25,000 ft. Greenhouses. 



THE LOVETT COMPANY, 



Little Silver, - New Jersey. 



