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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1 



Books for Bee-Keepers and others. 



Any of tiese books on which postage is not given will be 

 forwarded by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 



In buying books, as evei'y thing else, we are liable to disap- 

 pointment if we make a purchase without seeing the article. 

 Admitting that the bookseller could read all tne books he 

 offers, as ne has them for sale, it were hardly to be expected 

 he would be the one to mention all the faults, as well as good 

 things about a book. I very much desire that those who favor 

 me with their patronage shall not be disappointed, and there- 

 fore I am going to try to prevent it by mentioning all the 

 faults, so far as I can. that the purchaser may know what he 

 Is getting. In the following list, books that I approve I have 

 marked with a * ; those I especially approve, •* ; those that 

 are not up to times, t ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the lines,!; 

 foreign, §. The bee-books are all good. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods by 

 freight or express, incurring no postage, we give prices sepa- 

 rately. You will notice, that you can judge of the size of 

 the books very well by the amount required for postage 

 on each. 



8 I Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 I Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 30 



30 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 76 



This is a large book of 425 pages and 175 illustrations, and 

 would usually be called a 82.00 book. A splendid book to pre- 

 sent to children. Sold in gilt edge for 25c more. 



6 I First Steps for Little Feet. By the author of 



the Story of the Bible. Abetter book for young children can 

 not be found in the whole round of literature, and at the same 

 time there can hardly be found a more attractive book. Beau- 

 tifully bound, and fully Illustrated. Price 50 c. Two copies 

 will be sold for 75 cents. Postage six cents each. 



6 I Harmony of the Gospels 36 



3 I John Ploughman's 'Talks and Pictures, by 



Rev. C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 I Gospel Hymns, consolidated Nos.1,2, 3. and 



4, words only, cloth, 10 c ; paper 05 



2 I Same, board covers 20 



5 I Same, words and music, small type, board 



covers 46 



10 Same, words and music, board covers . . 76 



3 New Testament in pretty flexible covers. . . 05 

 5 New Testament, new version, paper covers. 10 

 5 Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 Stepping Heavenward** 18 



15 Story of the Bible** 100 



A large book of 700 pages, and 274 illustrations. Will be read 



by almost every child. 



Tlie Cliristian's Secret of a Happy Life**.. . . 25 



Same in cloth binding 50 



" The Life of Trust," by Geo. MuUer** 1 25 



1 Ten Nights In a Bar-Room, T. S. Arthur*.. 05 



5 Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left around 

 where the boys get hold of it. and any boy that reads it will 

 be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



Postage [Price without postage. 



16 A B Cof Bee Culture. Cloth ..110 



A Year Among the Bees, by C. C. Miller. . . 46 

 Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson 50 



3 i Amateur Bee-keeper, by J. W. Rouse 22 



14 I Bees and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



England. Vol. Li 2 36 



31 I Same, Vol. II. § r 2 79 



or, $6.25 for the two, postpaid. 

 10 I Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 



91) 



Cook's New Manua'l. Cloth 115 



95 

 10 



Doolittle on Queen- Rearing. 



Dzieizon Theory 



Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Ra- 

 tional Treatment . 'SZ 



1 I Honey as Food and Medicine On 



15 1 Langstroth Revised by Ch. Dadant & Son. . 1 25 



10 I Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 140 



I Thirty Years Among the Bees, bj' H. Alley 5(i 



4 I Success in Bee Culture, by James Heddon 46 

 I Handling Bees, by Langstroth. Revised 



by Dadant 08 



1 Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker 26 



5 I The Honey Bee, by Thos. William Cowan. . 96 

 I British Bee-Keeper's Guide Book, by Thos. 



William Cowan, England! 40 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A.I. Root 16 



4 I Winter Problem in Bee-keeping, by Pierce 46 



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



5 I An Egg-Farm, Stoddard** 45 



I Amateur PhotOBrapher's Hand-hnok** 70 



3 I A B C of Potato Culture, Terry** 36 



This is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly work. The book 

 has hai an enoriiious sale, and has been leprinted in foreign 

 languages. When we are thoroughly conversant with friend 

 Terry's system of raising potatoes, we shall be ready to han- 

 dle almost any farm crop successfully. It has 48 pages and 22 

 illustrations. 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finley 36 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture**ByT. B.Terry 35 



Probably the leading book of the world on strawberries. 



I Barn Plans and Out-Bulldings* 1 50 



I Canary Birds. Paper, 50 



2 I Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 35 



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 except from the book. 



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



This book ought 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 economy a life-study. 

 The regular price of the book is *1. 00; but by taking a large 

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



Draining for Profit and Health, Warring.. 1 50 



10 Fuller's Grape Culturist** 140 



Farming For Boys* 76 



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

 seems to me that it ought to make tarm-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 the 

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

 market^gardeners and seed-growers raise and harvest their 

 own seeds. It has 166 pages. 



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 part; 

 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 thiiik most 

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

 work has 404 pages and 203 illustrations. 

 12 I Gardening for Profit 1 86 



The latest revision of Peter Henderson's celebrated work. 

 Nothing that has ever before been put in print has done so 

 much toward making market-gardening a science and a fasci- 

 nating industry. Peter Hendersonstandsat the head, without 

 question, although we have many other books on these rural 

 employments. If you can get but one book, 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 matter of adapting it to 

 young people as well as old is brought out in a most bapp^ 

 vein. If your children have any sort of fancy foi gardeningit 

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

 pages and 46 engravings. 



10 



75 

 1 80 

 35 

 36 

 25 



Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson**... 



Gray's School and Field Book of Botany. . 



Gregory on Cabbages; 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 of 

 business. 



10 I Greenhouse Construction** I 40 



This 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 

 next book in regard to their management. Any one who 

 builds even a small structure for plant-growing under glass 

 will s ave the value of the book by reading it "arefully. 



15 I How to Make 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 are 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 book. 



I Handbook for Lumbermen 10 



10 Household Conveniences 140 



2 How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* 15 



3 I Injurious Insects, Cook 25 



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

 chard, Stewart* 140 



This book, so far 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 274 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 



5 1 Manures; How to Make and How to Use 



them ; in paper covers 46 



6 I The same in cloth covers 65 



Covering the whole matter, and discussing every thing to be 



found on the farm, refuse from factories, mineral fertilizers 

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

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



7 I Market-giirdenii'ig and Farm Notes, by 



Burnett Landreth 90 



The Landreths are the pioneer seedsmen of America; and 

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

 think I received hints from it worth the price, before |it had 

 been in my hands fifteen minutes. It is exceedingly practical, 

 and tells what has been done and what is being done, more 

 than it discourses on theory. 



3 I Maple Sugar and the 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 finest 

 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 jther man. The book is written 



