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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mak. 1. 



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ARE ALL THE GO I 



No other Annu 

 populur. The 'lu 

 these old-time 1; 

 iloared them to tl 

 ilo you know the 

 NOVELTIES 

 have created sue 

 afurcre of late? "While retaining all their sweet simplicity, 

 the.so ucw t ■ i display rich and exiiuisite <-olorin<jr, with 

 ; flowers of largx r si;:o and more gracei'ul form. To still nicro 

 widely popularize this floral favorite, we planted Acres o.v 

 ; Sweet Peas the past season, and harvested ove?' seven ions 

 ; (more than ll,OilO pounds) of the rhoiecst seed, enabling ns to 

 : oiTer a collection of most beautiful rare Novelties at a bargain 



FOR 



we will mail one packet each 

 of ALL the following: 



BOREATTON. A grand variety with very large flowers, borne in threes ; ; 



color hne, deep maroon throughout ; unique. 

 LOTTIE ECKFORD. Lovely, lons-stemmpfl flowers, borne profusely in 



clusters of three; clear v.lii^o, delicately shaded porcelain blue, distinctly 



and broadly margined lavender. 

 QUEEN OF ENfJIiANO. Magnificent white flowers of large size and good 



substance, borne abundantly. 

 ORAWiGE PliTNOT^, The rarest of all colora; splendid long-stemmed 



llowers of bright orango-pinii, hashed with scarlet ; very distinct. 



We have a beautiful colored pU:tc, painted from nature, of the four 

 diitinrt neio tS}('eet I'erts named lUiove, which we will mail enclosed flat 

 u ilh our FARM ANNUAL for loOJ. 



ECKFORD'S GIIiT-EDGE, ov gilTRPASSING SWEET PEAS. 

 T'jis grand strain of new 8weet Peas in mixture in unequaled. It includes 

 not only the best of Eckford's novelties, but also many new seedlings not 

 yet named and of surpassing beauty. ■ 



With each collection sold for 25 cents, we present our new book i 



"AH About Sweet Peas,'' 



I just published. Nothing of the kind ever attempted before. Acharmij 

 recital of factand fancy, it tells how to have a profusion of SWEET PEAS 

 every day for months. Fully illnstratcd, handsomely printed, beau 

 tifuUy bound, it is really an Art. Monnriraph alone worth the price of 

 the collection but is mailed FREE with every order. 



Will you not show this unequaled offer to your friends? "Wo 

 will mail FIVE COMPLETE COLLECTIONS, with live hooks, 

 FOR $1.00, and we guarantee that every purchaeer will be delighted. \^ 



ORDER NOW, and ask for 



Burpee's Farm Annual f°'^i893 



the most complete Seed Catalogue of the year. With honest descriptions, 



truthful illustrations, and colored plates painted fronr nature, it tell:; r.U 



about the BE3T SEEDS, including RARE NOVELTIES in Vegetables 



and Flowers, which cannot be had elsewhere. WORI^D'S FAIR CASH PRIZES. 



____ fl .« Tf^ O jf^ I'/rrrse mention this paper. 



W . Atlee Burpee or COo, Philadelphia, PaJ 



In writing to advertisers please mention this paper. 



CONTROLjYOUR SWARMS. 



!^ N. D. West's Spiral Wire 

 i~3j^ Queen-Cell Protectors will 



-'- ^ ' - ~ "Z^t^ *^'^ ^*- ^'"^ y*'^' '^^'^ ^^" 



*^ _'~ - ^ — QUEEIS youiapinrv during- 



^; llie swarmiuK- sejison. Pro- 



inMinced tlie best by such 

 men as Cupt. J. E. Heth- 

 ci'iiigton, Cherry Valley, 

 N. Y.; P. H.Blwoud,8tcirk- 

 ville. N. Y., and others. 

 Cell-Protectors, $3.00 per 

 100, or 13 for tiOc. by mail. Cages, 15.00 per 100. or 13 

 for $1.00, by mail. Samples of both, with circular 

 explaining', 3.5 cts. The cages are used for hatching 

 queens in any lilve, and are the best Bee-Escape in 

 use. Address 

 N. D. WEST. Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., N. Y. 

 responding to this advertisement mention CIlkanings. 



Berries. 



Friends, I can furnish you 

 with all kinds of berry-plants 

 at about one-half the usual 

 price. Plants warranted. 

 Bank references. Satisfaction guaranteed. 6tfdb 

 Address EZRA Q. SMITH, Manchester, N. V. 



Golden Queens 



P»*rkm T/i^vcic: My bees can not be sur- 

 1 ILIIII I CA-do. passed for business, beau- 



— ■■■— ■^^^^■^^■— "i— ty, and gentleness. Safe 

 arrival and sitlisfactlon guaranteed. Untested 

 queens— March, Apiil, and May— $1 each. 50 tine 

 Tested Queens for early orders, $1.50 each. Order 

 early. Send for price list. 5-I6db. 



J. O. GIVENS, Box 3, litbhon, Tex. 



Several varieties. Best 

 quality. Any quantity. 

 Finely illustrated cat- 

 alogue free. Address 



OEEE BEOS., St. Marys, Mo., or H. B. OEEE, Nashville, Tenn. 



GOOD SECTIONS CHEAP! 



We have a few thousand sections that are not all 

 perfectly smooth, but are GOOD sections. We offer 

 them, 500 for 80 cts.; 1000 for $1.50; 30U0 for $4.35. All 

 widths. 5-6 



I. J. STRINCHAM, 92 Barclay St., N. Y. 



t^"ln responding to this advei-tisenient mention Gi.eaning.s. 



