1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



391 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Fiiiley 35 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Cultuie**By T. B.Terry 35 

 Probaljly the leading book of the world on strawberries. 



I Barn Pluiis and Out-Buildings* 160 



I Canary Birds. Paper, 50 



2 I Celery for Profit, l)y T. Greiner** 26 



The first really full and complete book on celery culture, at 

 a moderate price, that we have had. It is full of pictures, 

 and the whole thing is made so plain that a schoolboy ought 

 to be able to grow paying crops at once, without any assis- 

 tance excejit from tlu' book. 



8 I Dotncstic Economy, by I. H. Mayer, M. D.** 60 

 This bonk oiiii'ht to save at least the money it costs, each 

 year, in every household. It was written by a doctor, and one 

 who has made the matter of domestic (cononiy a life study. 

 The regular price of the book is.tl.OO; but bv faking a large 

 lot of them we are euabled to make the price only 60 cts. 



Draining- for Profit and Health, Warring:.. 1 50 



10 Fuller's Grape Cuiturist** 140 



Farming For Boys* 76 



This is one of Joseph Harris' happiest productions, and it 

 seems to me that it ought to make farm-life fascinating to any 

 boy who has any sort of taste for gardening. 



7 I Farm, Gardening, and Seed-Growing-** 90 



This is by Francis Brill, the veteran seed-grower, and is thi 

 only book on gardening that I am aware of that tells hon 

 market^gardeners and seed-growers raise and harvest theii 

 own seeds. It has l£6pages 



12 I Gardening: for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 85 



while " Gardening for Profit "is written with a view of mak- 

 ing gardening pat, it touches a good deal on the pleasure pai-t ; 

 and "Gardening for Pleasure " takes up this matter of beauti- 

 fying your homes and improving your grounds without the 

 special point in view of making money out of it. I think most 

 of you will need this if you get " Gardening for Profit." Thif 

 work has 404 pages and 203 illustrations. 



12 1 Gardening- for Profit 1 85 



The latest revision of Peter Henderson's celebrated work. 

 Nothing that has ever before been put In print lias done so 

 much toward making marketrgardening a science and a fasci- 

 nating industry. Peter Henderson stands at the head, without 

 question, although we have many other books on these rural 

 employments. If you can get but one booji, let it be the 

 above. It has 376 pages and 138 cuts. 



I Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 1 25 



This is Joseph Harris' best and happiest effort. Although it 

 goes over the same ground occupied by Peter Henderson, it 

 particularly emphasizes thorough cultivation of the soil in 

 preparing your ground; and this m.atter of adapting it to 

 young people as well as old is brought out in a most happy 

 vein. If your children have any sort of fancy foi gardening it 

 will pay you to make them a present of this book. It has 187 

 pages and 46 engravings. 



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Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson**. 

 Gray's Scliool and Field Book of Botany 



Gregory on Cabbtiges; paper* 



Gregory on Squashes; paper* 



Gregory on Onions; paper* 



The above three books, by our friend Gregory, are all val 

 uable. The book on squashes especially is good reading for 

 almost anybody, whether they raise squashes or not. It strikes 

 at the very foundation of success in almost any kind o( 

 business. 

 10 I Greenliouse Construction** 1 40 



Tliis book, by Prof. Taft, is ju^t out. and is as full and com- 

 plete in regard to the building of all glass structures as is the 

 iie.xt book in regard to their management. Any one who 

 builds even a small structure for plant-growing iinder glass 

 will save the value of the book by reading it "arefully. 



15 i How to Malie the Garden Pay.** 1 35 



By T. Greiner. This is a new book, just out, and it gives the 

 most explicit and full directions for gardening under glass of 

 any book in the world Those who aie interested in hot-beds, 

 cold-frames, cold-greenhouses, hot-houses or glass structures 

 of any kind for the growth of plants, can not afford to be with- 

 out the bonk. 



I Handbook for Lumbermen 



10 Houseliold Conveniences 



2 How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* 



2 I Injurious In.sect8, Cook 



10 I Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Or- 

 chard, Stewart* 1 40 



This book, so tar as I am informed, is almost the only work 

 on this matter that is attracting so much interest, especially 

 recently. Using water from springs, brooks, or windmills, to 

 take the place of rain, during our great droughts, is the great 

 problem before us at the present day. The book has 874 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 



5 I Manures; How to Make and How to Use 



tliem; in paper covers 46 



6 I The sarue in clotli covers 65 



Covering the wliole matter, and discussing every thing to be 



found on the firm, refuse fioin factories, mineral fertilizers 

 from mines, etc. It is a complete summing-up of the whole 

 matter. It is written by F. W. Sempers. 



7 I Market-gardening and Farm Notes, by 



Burnett Landreth 90 



The Landreths ate the pioneer seedsmen of America; and 

 the book is worth fully as much as we iniglit expect it to be. I 

 think I riciived liiiits from it worth the price, before [it had 

 been in m.v li.inds fifteen minutes. It is exceedingly practical, 

 and tells wh:it has been done and what is BEING done, more 

 than it discoiiises on theory. 



3 I Maple Sugar and tlie Sugar-bush** 35 



By Prof. A. J. Cook. This was written in the spring of 1887 at 

 my request. As the author has, perhaps, one of the Hnest 

 sugar-camps in the United States, as well as being an enthusi- 

 astic lover of all farm industries, he is better fitted, perhaps, to 

 handle the subject tha an sther man. The book is written 



in Prof. Cook's happy styl combining wholesome moral les- 

 sons with the latest and best method of managing to get the 

 finest syrup and maple sugar, with the least possible expendi- 

 ture of cash and labor. Everybody who makes sugar or mo- 

 lasses wants the sugar-book. It has 42 pages and 35 cuts. 



I Our Farming, by T. B.Terry** $3.00 



In which he tells " how we have made a run-down farm 

 bring both profit and pleasure." 



This is a large book, 6x9 inches, 367 pages, quite fully illus- 

 trated. It IS Terry's first large book; and while it touches on 

 the topics treated in his smaller handbooks, it is sufficiently 

 different so that no one will complain of repetition, even if he 

 has read all of Terry's little books. I should call it the bright- 

 est and most practical book on farming before the world at 

 the present day. The i)rice is «2,00 postpaid; or clubbed with 

 Gleanings for -iSM. Those who are already subscribers to 

 Gleanings may have it postpaid by sending us 1.50 more. We 

 are so sure it will be worth many times its cost that we are 

 not afraid to oft'er to take it back it any one feels he has not 

 got his money's worth after he has read it. If ordered by ex- 

 press or freight with other goods, 10c less. 



3 I Onions for Profit** 45 



Fully up to the times, and includes both tlie old onion cul- 

 ture and the new method. The book is fully illustrated, and 

 written with all the enthusiasm and interest that character- 

 ize its author, T. Greiner. Even if one is not particularly in- 

 terested in the business, almost any person who picks up 

 Greiner's books will like to read them through. 



1 I Poultry for Pleasure and Profit** IQ 



11 Practical Floriculture, Henderson* 1 35 



10 I Profits in Poultry* 90 



3 I Practical Turkey-raising '.". iQ 



By Fanny Field. This is a 25-cent book which we offer for 10 



cts.; postage, 2 cts. 



4 I Peabody'.s Webster's Dictionary iQ 



Over 30,000 words and 2.'i0 illustrations. 



2 I Kats: How to Rid Farms and Buildings of 



them, as well as other Pests of like Char- 

 acter 16 



This little book ought to be worth dollars instead of tlie few 

 cents it costs to any one who has ever been troubled with these 

 pests, and who has not? It is written in such a happy vein 

 that every member of the family will read it clear through, 

 just about as soon asthe.y get hold of it. It contains a com- 

 plete summing up of the best information the world can 

 furnish. 



1 I Silk and the Silkworm iQ 



10 I Small-Fruit Cuiturist, Fuller l 40 



10 I Success in Market-Gardeningr* 90 



This is a new book by a real, live, enterprising, successful 

 market-gardener who lives in Arlington, a subui-b of Boston, 

 Mass. Friend Rawson has been one of the foremost to make 

 irrigation a practical success, and he now irrigates his grounds 

 by means of a windmill and steam-engine whenever a drought 

 threatens to injure the crop-;. The book has 208 pages, and is 

 nicely illustrated with 110 engravings. 



! Ten Acres Enougli ..100 



I Talks on Manures* 1 75 



This book, by Joseph Harris is, perhaps, the most compre- 

 hensive one we have on the subject, and the whole matter Is 

 considered by an able writer. It contains 366 pages. 



2 I The Carpenter's Steel Square and its Uses. 15 

 10 I The New Agriculture; or, the Waters Led 



Captive 75 



2 I Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases 10 



6 I Tile Drainage, by W. I. Chamberlain 35 



Fully illustrated, containing every thing of importance 

 clear up to the present date. 



The single chapter on digging ditches, with the illustrations 

 given by Prof. Chamberlain, should alone make the book 

 worth what it costs, to every one who has occasion to lav ten 

 rods or more of tile. There is as much science in digging as 

 in doing almost anything else; and by following the plan 

 directed in this book, one man will often do as much as two 

 men without this know ledge. The book embraces evei-j- thing 

 connected with the subj,^ct, and was written by the author 

 while he was enga-ed in the work of digging the ditches and 

 laying the tiles HIMSELF, for he has laid literally miles of 

 tile on his own farm in Hudson. O. 



5 I Tomato Culture 35 



In three parts. Part first— by J. W. Day, of Crystal Springs, 



Miss., treats of tomato culture in the South, with some re- 

 marks by A. I Root, adapting it to the North. Part second- 

 By D Cummins, of Conneaut, O.. treats of tomato culture 

 especially for canning faetoiies. Part third— By A. I. Root, 

 treats of plant-growing for market, and high-pres.sure garden- 

 ing in general. This little book is interestingbecause it is one 

 of the hr.^t niral books ti' come from our friends in the South. 

 It tells of a great industry that has been steadily growing for 

 some years past; namely, tomato-growing in 'the South to 

 supply the Northern markets. The little book, which is fully 

 illustrated, gives us some pleasant glimpses of the possibili- 

 ties and probabilities of the future of Southern agriculture. 

 Even though you do not ^'low tomatoes to any considerable 

 extent, you will find the book brimful of suggestions of short 

 cuts in agriculture and horticulture, and especially in the line 

 of market-gardening. 



3 I Winter Care of Horses and Cattle 36 



This Is friend Terry's second book in regard to farm matters; 

 but it is so intimately connected with hi.'- potato-book that it 

 reads almost like a sequel to it. If you have only ahorse or a 

 cow, I think it will pay you to invest in the book. It has 44 

 pages and 4 cuts. 



3 I Wood's Common Objects of the Micro-' 



scope** 47 



8 I What to Do and How to be Happy While 



Doing It, by A.I. Root 50 



THE A. I. ROOT CO., MEDINA, O. 



