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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 15. 



Books for Bee-Keepers and Others. 



Anyott'^ese books on which postage is not given will be 

 forwarded by mail, postpaid, on receipt 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 ne hass 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 thiit those who favor 

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

 fore I am going to try to preTent 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 1 approve I have 

 marked with a * ; those I especiivUy 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 llnes.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 Bible, gni)d print, neatly bound 30 



10 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 50 



20 Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



This is a large book of 425 pages and 17.5 illustrations, and 

 would usual Ij be calleil 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. 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 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 



3 I Same, board covers 30 



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 

 5 New Testament, new version, paper covers. 10 

 5 I Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 Stepping Heavenward** 18 



15 I Story of the Bible** 1 00 



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

 by almost every child. 



I " The Life of Trust," by Geo. MuUer** 1 35 



5 I Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book th.it will be sure to be read, if left around 



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

 be pi-etty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOB BEE-KEEPERS. 



Postage [Price without postage. 



15 I ABCof Bee Culture. Cloth 1 10 



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. I.§ 2 36 



21 I Same, Vol. II.§ r 2 79 



or, $5.25 for the two, postpaid. 



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



10 Cook's New Manual. Cloth 115 



5 Doo little on Queen-Rearing 95 



3 Dzierzon Theory 10 



3 Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Ra- 

 tional Treatment 33 



1 Honey as Food and Medicine 05 



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

 10 Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 140 



Thirty Years Among the Bees, by H. Alley 50 

 Handling Bees, by Langstroth. Revised 



by Dadant 08 



1 Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker 25 



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

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



William Cowan, England § 40 



3 I Merry banks andHisNeighbor, by A.I.Root 15 



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



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



5 I An Egg-Farm, Stoddard** 46 



I Amateur Photoarapher's Hand-hook** 70 



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

 5 I A B C "f Strawberry Cnlture**ByT. B.Terry 35 

 Probably the leading book of the world on strawberries. 



3 I A B C Of Potato Culture, Terry** 35 



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

 has had an enormous 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 cro|) successfully. It has 48 pages and 22 

 illustrations. 



I Barn Plans and Out-Buildings* 1 50 



I Canary Birds. Paper, 50 



3 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 ought 

 to be able to grow paying ci 

 tance except from the book. 



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



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

 thorough work on grape culture now in print ; in fact 

 friend H'uller here tells us how, by easy steps, to make any 

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

 apijearance ; and he makes it as attractive as a piece of fic- 

 tion; and the best pait of it is, that you get great crops of 

 beautiful giapes during almost any kind of season. We have 

 tested the system, and know whereof we speak. 



8 I Domestic Economy, by I. H. Mayer, M. D.** 40 



This book ought to save at least the money it costs, each 

 year, in every household. It was written hy 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 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 ie6pages. 



10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist ** 1 40 



12 I Gardening for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 85 



While '■ Gardening tor 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 I 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 m.aking marketgardening 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 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 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. 



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75 

 1 80 

 25 

 35 

 35 



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 , whethei- 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 •carefully. 



15 I How to Make the Garden Pay.** 1 35 



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

 most explicit and full dii-ections 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 HandbO( >k for Lumbermen 05 



10 I Household Conveniences 140 



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

 10 I How to Get Wei) and Keep Well 90 



An exposition of the Salisbuiy system of curing disea.se by 

 the " lean mean dfet.". 



3 I Injurious insects. Cook 10 



10 I 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 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 



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 tlia an other 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. 



