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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15. 



Books for Bee- Keepers and others. 



Ally of t !• ese books on which postagre is not given will be 

 forwarded by mail, postpaid, on i-eeeipt of price. 



In buying books, as every thing else, we are liable to disap 

 pointment if we make a purchase without seeing the article. 

 Admitting that the bookseller could read .all the books he 

 offers, as he has them lor 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. 1 very much desire thai 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 1 have 

 marked with a * -, those I especially .approve, ** ; those that 

 are not up to times, 1 ; books that contain but little matter for 

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

 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, Qood print, neatly bound 30 



10 I Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 60 



20 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 76 



This is a large book of t2.5 pages and 17.5 illustrations, and 

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

 sent to children. Sold in gilt edge for 2.5c more. 



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



the Story of the Bible. A better 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. 



5 I Harmony of the Gospels 35 



3 I John Ploug'hman'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 06 



2 I Same, board covers 20 



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



covers 46 



10 I Same, words and music, board covers 75 



3 I New Testament in pretty flexible covers. . . 05 



6 i New Testament, new version, paper covers . 10 



5 I Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 I Stepping Heavenward** 18 



16 I Story of the Bible** 1 00 



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

 *y almost every child. 



6 I The Christian's Secret of a Happy I.i fe** 25 



8 I Same in cloth binding ... 50 



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



5 I 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. 



15 A BCof Bee Culture. Cloth 110 



Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson .50 

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



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



England, Vol. I.§ 2 36 



31 I Same, Vol. 11.8 r 2 79 



or, $6.25 for the two, postpaid. 



10 1 Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 90 



10 I Cook's New Manual. Cloth 116 



5 I Doolittle on Queen-Rearing 95 



2 I Dzierzon Tlieory 10 



3 I Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Ra- 



tional Treatment 22 



1 I Honey as Food and Medicine 05 



15 Langstroth Revised by Ch. Dadant & Son.. 1 10 

 10 I Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 140 



I Thirty Years Among the Bees, by H. Alley .50 

 I Handling Bees, by Langstroth. Revised 



by Dadant 08 



I Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker 35 



5 I The Honey Bee, by Thos. William Cowan . . 95 

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



William Cowan, England § 40 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A.I. Boot 15 



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



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



5 I An Egg-Parm. Stoddard** 45 



I Amateur Photosraplier's Hand-book** 70 



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



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

 Probably the leading book of the world on strawberries. 



I Barn Plans and Out-Buildings* 1 50 



I Caoary Birds. Paper, 50 



2 I Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 25 



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 ouglit 

 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 mone.v 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. 



I Draining for Profit and Health, Warring.. 1 50 

 10 1 Fuller's Grape Culturist** 140 



This is. perhaps, the most systematic, comprehensive, and 

 thorough work on grape culture now in print ; in fact 

 friend KuUer here tells us how, by easy steps, to make any 

 grapevine come into the work, and make a pleasant, orderly 

 appearance : and he makes it as attractive as a piece of fic- 

 tion; and the best part of it is, tliat you get great crops of 

 beautiful grapes during almost any kind of season. We have 

 tested the system, and know whereof we speak. 



I Farming For Boys* 75 



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 the 

 onlj' 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 think most 

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

 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 has done so 

 much toward making market- gardening 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 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 thorouj:h 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 happy 

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

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

 pages and 46 engravings. 



10 I Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson** 75 



I Gray's School and Field Book of Botany. . . 1 80 



5 I Gregorj' on Cabbages; paper* 26 



5 I Gregory on Squashes; paper* .... 25 



5 I Gregory on Onions; paper* 35 



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** 1 40 



This book, by Prof. Taft, is just 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 save the value of the book by reading it larefully. 



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 tiie book. 



I Handbook for Lumbermen 05 



10 I Household Conveniences 140 



3 I How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* 16 



3 I Injurious Insects, Cook 10 



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

 chard. Stewart* 1 40 



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 p.ages 

 and 142 cuts. 



5 I Manures; How to Make and How to Use 



them; in paper covers 45 



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, mineial fertilizers 

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

 matter. It is written by F. w. Semijers. 



7 I Market-gardening and Farm Notes, by 



Burnett Laiidreth 90 



Tlie Landreths arc the pioneer seedsmtn of America; and 

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

 think 1 received hints from it worth the i>rice, before it had 

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

 and tells wh.at has been done and what is BEING done, more 

 than it discourses on theory. 



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



