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BOOKS FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



THE A B C OF BEE OULTUEE. I5y A. I. Hoot. This is 

 11 cyclopiPdia of :i3n pages, and is beautifully illus- 

 trated with about 2.50 enfrravings, many of them 

 full page. Some of the latter embrace a view of 

 the apiaries of some of our largest and most suc- 

 cessful -bee-uicn. The whole work is elegantly 

 bound in cloth, 7 inches wide, lU'/J inches long-, and 

 embossed on side and back in gold. It would be an 

 ornament on the center-table of any bee-keeper's 

 home. The entire work is brimful of contagious 

 enthusiasm, and the style so simple aud instructive, 

 that even thf more advanced bee-keeper as well as 

 the bcginnei- may fln<l pleasure aud profit in Its 

 perusal. Ghen for 3 new subsci-iplions to Glean- 

 ings at $1 OH each, and 15 cts. to pa>- postage. 



LANGSTEOTH OH THE HONEY-BEE : by the pioneer of 

 American bee-keeping, the Rev. L. L. Langstroth. 

 This work is pleasantly and beautifully written; 

 aud although now behind the times, no student of 

 bee-literature should fail to read it in connection 

 with the more recent works on the subject. Given 

 for six now names, or for the price, $2.00, postpaid. 



aUINBY'S NEW BEE-KEEPING. This was originally 

 written l)y Moses Quinby; and this, together 

 with Mr. Lansgstroth's work, first placed Amer- 

 ican bee-keeping upon a pacing basis. More 

 recently, Mr. Quinby's son-in-law, L. C. Root, revis- 

 ed and thoroughly rewrote tbe book, bringing it up 

 within the present times. Mr. Root, like his father- 

 in-law, made bees paj-, aiid both are practical in 

 their writings. Given for six new names, or for the 

 price, 3^1. .50. postpaid. 



MANUAL OF THE APIAEY, by the well-known writer 

 Prof. A. J. Cook. This work is so well known as to 

 scarcely need any comment. Tt covers a very wide 

 field in the range of apicultural matters— many of 

 the subjects not being compassed elsewhere in any 

 one work. The author, besides giving his own 

 opinions, cites the opinions of many of our greatest 

 writers on apiculture, so that the reader is not nec- 

 essarily confined to the statement of the writer, or 

 that of any other one man. Given for 3 new names, 

 with 15 cts. to pay i)0Stage. Price $1.10. 



THE PRODUCTION OP COMB HONEY, by W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson. It tells how to produce comb honey without 

 the use of foundation in the brood-chamber; a new 

 work; price 25c, or it will be sent, postpaid, for one 

 new name. 



A YEAE AMONG THE BEES, by C. C. Miller. This is 

 a little unpretending work of 100 pages. To say 

 that the style is terse, clear, and even humorous in 

 some places, is but speaking justly in its praise. It 

 takes up the general routine of work with the bees 

 through the whole year, as practiced and advised 

 by C. C. Miller. Given for three new subscriptions, 

 or for the price, 75 cents, i)ostpaid. 



SUCCESS IN BEE CULTUEE, by James Heddon. The 

 author is a terse, able writer, and has originated 

 not a few ideiis in regard to hives and hive manipu- 

 lation. The subjects of contraction, inversion, hon- 

 ey-boards, surplus cases, with which Mr. Heddon 

 has been more or less connected, together with his 

 new hive and its use, are fully treated. Given for 

 two new names, or for the price, 511 cents, postpaid. 



MEEEYBANKS AND HIS NEIGHBOR. This is a little 

 book of 210 pages and t!S illnstrations. The older 

 readers of Gr.KAMNOs will not need to be told 

 what it is about. To our younger, or new readers, 

 1 will say that it is a book treating of bees (and hive- 



making), gardening, maple-sugar making, and other 

 rural industries. It has also a good deal to say 

 about our homes, and was written specially for the 

 juvenile readers of Gleanings. More than all, it 

 treats of one particular home that was started on a 

 sandy foundation, but eventually became builded 

 on the rock Christ .Tesus Given for one new name 

 or for the price, 25c. If wanted by mail, add 3c each 

 for postage. 



"BEES AND HONEY" is the title of a work on bee 

 culture, by Thomas G. Newman, the editor of the 

 American Bee Journal. It is written in Mr. New- 

 man's usually vigorous style. Where one has little 

 time to read, and does not care to peruse some of 

 the more exhaustive treatises, this work will be 

 about what he needs. Given for txeo new names, 

 with 5 cts. extra for postage, or for the price, 7.5c., 

 jiostpaid. 



THE BEE-EEEPEE'S HANDY BOOK. This work is written 

 by Mr. Henry Alley, the veteran queen-breeder. 

 Although it treats of general subjects connected 

 with bees, it considers minutely the subject of 

 Queen-Rearing, as practiced by the author. Given 

 for 4 new names, postpaid, or for the price, $1.10. 

 If sent with other goods, 10 cts. less. 



BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. This is a purely scientific 

 work on bees. Its treatment of many of the sub- 

 jects is masterly, and the investigations of the 

 author with the microscope are interesting as well 

 as new to most readers. The engravings represent- 

 ing the anatomy and physiological structure of the 

 bee are some of the finest that have ever been pro- 

 duced. While many of us can not indorse or justify 

 the course of Mr. Cheshire in so severely criticis- 

 ing the gtatemcnts of some of the best authorities 

 on bees, yet wo feel that no bee-keeper who would 

 be well informed upon all phases of this subject 

 should fail to read this admirable work. Given for 

 7 new subscribers, postpaid, or for the price, $2.50, 

 or 14 cts. less when not sent by mail. 



RURAL BOOKS. 



REVIEWED AND DESCKIBED BY A. I. ROOT. 

 Postage] [Price without postagre 

 12 I Gardening for Profit 1 85 



This is a late revision of Pdcr Henderson's celeljrated worli. 

 Nothing that lias ever belme 1. ecu put in print hiis done so 

 much towaid making market -uardinina' a science and a fasci- 

 nating- industry. I'cter Uenders<.)n stands at tlie head, without 

 question, althoii^li we have many other hooks on these rural 

 employ men Is. H ynu can yet hui one Ijook, let it be the above. 

 It has 370 pui^es ami KiS cuts. Given for 5 new names. 



8 I Gardening for Young and Old 90 



This is Josejih H.arris' best and happiest effort. Althotigh it 

 goes over the s.anu' ground oeenijied by Peter Henderson, it 

 partieubirly emplmsizes thormigh cultivation of tin' soil in 

 picpaiing ,\our ground; and this matter of adapting it to 

 younL': pec'iile as well :is to 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. Given for I new names. 



10 I Success in Market-Gardening... 00 



This is new book by a real, live, enterprising, successful mar- 

 ket-gardener who lives in Arlington, a suburb of Boston, Mass. 

 Fiiend Rawscm has lieen one of the foremost to make irriga- 

 tifui .1 pr.ictical success, and he now irrigates his grounds liy 

 unans of a windmill and steam-ensrine whenever a drought 

 tluvatens to in.lure tlie crops. The book has 208 pages, and is 

 idccly illustrated with III) engravings. Given for 7 new names. 



10 I Gardening for Pleasure 1 40 



While " Gardening for Profit" is written with a view of mak- 

 ing gardening I'.w, it touches a good deal on the ijleasure part; 

 and "• Ciurdcning for I'lcuMire " takes up this matter of beauti- 

 fying your homes .ind improving your grounds, without the 

 sneclal point in view of making money out of it. I thinic most 

 of you will need this if you get '• Gardening for I'rolit." Tliis 

 work has '.iili pages and 134 illustrations. 



Given tor 11 new natnes. 



7 I Farm-( Jardening and Seed-Growing 90 



This is by Francis Brill, tlie veteran seed-grower, and is the 

 only book on gardening tliat I am aware of that tells how mar- 

 ketgardcners .Mud seed-growers raise and harvest their own 

 seeds. It has lilli p.iges. r.ivcn for 4 new nanies. 



