1889 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



871 



For the use of market-gardeners we should 

 not want the top of the beds cemented — that 

 is, I would not ; but this, of course, is op- 

 tional. If I understand it, the sides of the 

 paths are sloping, rendering them less liable 

 to.' cave in The bottom is also highest in 

 the center, so that the workmen would not 

 be obliged to stand in the water. Now, in- 

 stead of having only every other sash on the 

 south side hinged, I would have them all 

 hinged. See cut on previous page. 



Then I should want the sash-raising ap- 

 paratus capable of throwing the south sash 

 clear over, so as to lie on the north side of 

 the neighboring house. If fastened there so 

 the wind can not blow it over, it can remain 

 all summer. The last row of buildings on 

 the south side would need a fence, or some 

 support for the sash. When thus arranged, 

 the sun in the winter time wotild shine on 

 every inch of ground inside of the houses ; 

 and if the rain were from the south, and driv- 

 en sufficiently by the wind to fall at about 

 the same angle as the sun's rays we should 

 also have rain on every inch of the plants ; 

 however, this would probably not often hap- 

 pen ; therefore a part of the interior would 

 have to be sprinkled with the hose, in the 

 usual way. 



Now, then, the problem that confronts us 

 is this: How shall we throw the sash, or, in 

 fact, the whole south roof, over against the 

 north roof, and bring it back? Pulling it 

 over with a chain or rope will not answer, 

 because it must be held at every point so 

 the wind can not take it and smash the glass. 

 The mechanism must raise it up quietly and 

 let it down quietly. For the sake of econo- 

 mizing power as well as time, it should com- 

 mence to rise very slowly and with a good 

 deal of power. As it nears a perpendicular 

 position the power may be decreased, and 

 the speed correspondingly increased ; and 

 the same way in letting it down. The ordi- 

 nary sash-raising apparatus does not move 

 the sash through, say, one-fourth, or, better 

 still, one-third of a complete circle. Per- 

 haps, however, it may be arranged so as to 

 do it. It can be readily arranged so as to 

 move more rapidly and with less power when 

 the sash comes near the perpendicular. I 

 have figured a good deal on levers and end- 

 less chains, and sash balanced on centers ; 

 but time and again I am driven back to the 

 ordinary sash-raising apparatus, modified so 

 as to throw the sash clear over against the 

 neighboring roof. 



Now, friends, I have finished my long 

 story, and you know just how far I have got 

 in finding my ideal winter garden. 



CONVENTION NOTICES. 



The American International Bee-keepers' Association will 

 meet in the Court-house. Brantford, Canada, Dec. 4, 5. 6, 1889. 

 All bee-keepers are invited to attend. State and district bee- 

 keepers' societies are invited to appoint delegates to the con- 

 vention. Full particulars of the meeting will be given in due 

 time. Any one desirous of becoming a member, and receiving 

 the last annual report, bound, may do so by forwarding $1.00 to 

 the secretary. R. F. Holtermann, Sec'y. 



Romney, Ont., Can. 



TO THE BEE-KEEPERS OF MISSOURI. 



After conferring with several bee-keepers, and at their re- 

 quest,! hereby make a call to the bee-keepers or Missouri to 

 meet at Higgmsville, Mo., on Thursday, Nov. 14,1889, for the 

 purpose of meeting in convention, in order to form an associ- 

 ation; meeting to commence about 9 A.M., to last for one day 



only. Now, brother bee-keepers, let every one, who possible 

 P»n, come to this convention, and let us get acquainted; and 

 if it is a success, 1 am willing to take the honors; but if it is 

 not, please do not men! ion it. It seems that somebody had to 

 make the call, it' we are to have a convention; and as no one 

 else did, I now have done so. A place to meet at has 1 n as- 

 sured us, free of cost. .J \V ROUSF 



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 speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.— 

 Acts 2: 4. 



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New subscribers can have Gleanings from now 

 till January 1, 1891, for $ 1.00. 



THE LONG ARTICLE, GARDENING UNDER GLASS, IN 

 THIS ISSUE. 



Lest some friend who does not care for garden- 

 ing should complain at the amount of space I have 

 occupied, 1 want to say that I told the printers I 

 wanted four extra pages in this issue. They said 

 they could not very well put in just four extra, but 

 they could make it eight. Therefore, if you will 

 notice you will see we have given eight extra pages 

 this time— the Ave that do not cost you any thing, 

 about gardening in the winter, and three more 

 about bees, etc. 



WHO CAN FURNISH QUEENS IN NOVEMBER? 



We are just now in the same predicament we 

 have been almost every year— lots of orders for 

 queens, and none to be had. Will not some of our 

 enterprising friends in the South put in an adver- 

 tisement, to the effect that they can furnish untest- 

 ed queens to any one who wants them, as promptly 

 as we are in the habit of sending them from here? 

 We think it very much better for the seller and 

 buyer to communicate direct during November 

 and the winter months. Keep a standing adver- 

 tisement all winter, of untested queens ready to 

 ship by the first mail, and you will have a good bus- 

 iness, even if you charge the prices given in our 

 catalogue, for the winter months. We will make 

 editorial mention, free of charge, in our next issue, 

 of those who have queens on hand ready to ship. 



POLYGLOT ORDERS. 



We not only receive orders in English poorly 

 written, poorly spelled, and as indefinite as any 

 thing can possibly be, but we occasionally have 

 orders from our friends across the water, couched 

 in three different languages, particularly when the 

 writer lives on the border line between two or three 

 countries, such as Switzerland, where French, Ger- 

 man, and Italian are pretty well mixed up. A 

 postal card before us starts off in French, then 

 copies some English from our price list, substitut- 

 ing German adjectives, and then winds up in 

 French. A very convenient thing is to have a 

 linguist who can read any of the three languages, 



