1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



23 



Special Notices 



By Our Business Manager 



HONEY RECKIPTS. 



Since our last issue we have unloaded a car of choice 

 California extracted honey, and are expectintr to ar- 

 rive within a few days a car of comb honey from Reno, 

 Nev., and are arrangintr for another car later. We are 

 prepared to furnish choice alfalfa, extracted, or Cali- 

 fornia sacre, white, extracted, at 10 cts., in 60-lb. cans. 

 Two cans to case at 9^2 cts., 5-can lots at 9 cts. Choice 

 comb honey in 100-lb. lots at 18 cts. per lb. 



WHITE-SWEET-CLOVER SEED. 



We have not yet secured a sufficient supply of white- 

 sweet-clover seed to meet our needs for seed the com- 

 ing year. Some of our readers may have gathered 

 seed which they have not yet shipped or even sold. 

 We shall be glad to hear from those having seed fir 

 sale, either hulled or unhulled. We have none of the 

 hulled white on hand at pre.sent, though we ha^e a 

 good supply of hulled yellow and some of the unhull- 

 ed in both varieties, but not as much as we shall need. 



SECOND-HAND PLANER FOR S.\LE. 



We have an 18-inch planer in our mill, which we are 

 replacing with a larger and heavier machine, and 

 therefore we have this one for sale. It is an 18-inch 

 " Prize Panel " planer, made at WiUiamsport, Pa., and 

 sells new for $175. This machine is somewhat worn. 

 and we can not recommend it for extra-fine work on 

 small pieces; but for ordinary planing it will still do 

 good work, and should be a bargain at the price we ask 

 for it— $60.00. It will adjust to plane from 5 s to 6 inches 

 thick, and drives with one belt to one end of cylinder. 

 It weighs about 1500 lbs. No counter-shaft goes with 

 it except at $15.00 extra. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root 



BASSWOOD (LINDEN) TREES FOR FALL PLANTING. 



We are ready once more to send out basswood-trees 

 to bee-keepers, either by mail or express — that is, if 

 you fin ' fall planting a success in your locality. As a 

 general thing, spring planting is preferable; but in 

 some localities, say in the South, or in sandy soil where 

 there is no danger of their being thrown out by freez- 

 ing, fall planting may be belter than spring. A good 

 heavy mulching will a'so remedy heaving out by 

 frost in almost any locality. Small trees, one foot or 

 under, 5 cts. each; 30 cts. for 10; $2.00 per 100. The 

 same postpaid by mail, 8 cts. each; 35 cts. for 10; $2.25 

 per 100. Larger trees, to go by express, 1 to 5 feet, 10 

 cts. each; 75 cts. for 10; $6.00 per hundred. We are not 

 prepared to furnish trees larger than 5 feet at present. 

 We can ship trees any time now on until the ground is 

 frozen, say till the middle or last of November. Some- 

 times we have very favorable weather for shipping 

 trees in the fore part of December. 



THE WRIGHT BROTHERS NOT IN THE "SHOW" BUSINESS. 



We are informed by the papers that both Orville and 

 Wilbur VV right have declined making flights simply 

 for an exhibition. From what I know of the two men 

 I can readily understand that they could not be in- 

 duced by any offer of money to go around the countrj' 

 giving exhibitions. They are not in the show busi- 

 ness; neither are they in the business oi uettins; rich. 

 God has given them their success and their great pop- 

 ularity for some better purpose. Wilbur recently said 

 something to the effect that their first business was to 

 establish a factory for making safe flying-mai hines; 

 and the next thing is to establish a school to teach the 

 art of flying. And there has already been some loss 

 of life; and loss of life is almo>-t sure to come when an 

 inexperienced person, without practice or training, 

 undertakes to fly. This school and workshop will 

 prove to be a blessing to humanity. But how much 

 good will come from this wonderful discovery if they 

 circle round about the country in response to the one 

 who makes them the biggest offer of money? May the 

 Lord be praised that we have a couple of inventors 

 who have the grace to say, no matter how tempting 

 the offer, "Gentlemen, we thank you; but we are not 

 in the show business." 



"A THING OF BEAUTY AND A JOY FOR EVER "—OR AS 

 LONG AS IT LASTS. 



The above came into my mind on looking at a bed of 

 asters. The seed was furnished by Mr. K. E. Huniing- 

 ton. of Painesvilie, Ohio — a man who has made a spe- 

 cialty of developing new and larger varieties of asters 

 for a good many years. He sent me four papers of 

 seed. If I remember correctly I did not get around to 

 sowing the seed till some time in June. They were up 

 almost before I knew it. and were at once transplanted 

 into a bed about 15 feet long and a yard wide. As al- 

 most every seed germinated we had the plants rather 

 too close, and as a consequence the blossoms are not 

 as large as they might have been otherwise. But 

 some of them are, as it is, four inches aero?' They 

 are not only of all shapes but of all colors, including 

 pink, and a great variety of shades between pink and 

 blue; but the form of the blossoms runs all the way 

 from a beautiful dahlia to a splendid chrysanthemum. 

 Many of them are beautifully striped and marked. 

 When I stopped in front of that bed this morning it 

 fairly startled me by its beauty. I do not know what 

 the seeds cost, as they were presented to me, but prob- 

 ably only a few cents; and it occurs to me just now 

 that I do not know of any other plant that gives such 

 a profusion of bewildering be:;uty. with so little care 

 and expense, as the aster, especially if you have the 

 " New Creations " along that line. If I am right about 

 it, the flowers stand quite a little frost, which is anoth- 

 er thing greatly in their favor. 



OFF TO FLORIDA. 



After this reaches you, you had better address what 

 you want to reach A. I. Root personally to Bradentown, 

 Fla., instead of Medina, Ohio; thbt is, I expect to leave 

 here about the last of October. Let me repeat what I 

 said a year ago. If you want a prompt answer on any 

 subject where I can give you help, inclose in that let- 

 ter an addressed postal card. Sometimes I have felt 

 like telling you on these pages that I would not answer 

 any thing unless you relieve me of the wearing task of 

 deciphering names and addresses. I have spent a 

 great part of my life in trying to figure out where peo- 

 ple live and what their names are. You can certainly 

 write your own name so your own postmaster will 

 know whom it is for. If you must use a pencil, be sure 

 to use one that writes black on clean white paper. I do 

 not care particularly about a postage-stamp; but while 

 you are about it you can just as well write on a postal 

 card as any thing else; and unless it is something of 

 great importance (something about incubators or 

 chickens, for instance) I can not promise to write 

 more than I can easily get on a postal card I rather 

 enjoy answering questions where I have nothing to do 

 but to take pencil or pen and write it down without 

 any thought or care in regard to getting it to the 

 writer. I am always very glad indeed to get clippings 

 from periodicals in regard to the subjects I have been 

 talking about; but I do not think I shall have time dur- 

 ing this coming winter for theological discussions. 

 Our recent talks about Solomon have revealed the fact 

 that there is such a wide diversity of opinion in regard 

 to God's holy word that I do not believe it is worth 

 while to spend much time in such discussions; and it 

 is certainly not wise if the discussion leaves us in a 

 more unpleasant frame of mind than before it started. 

 Now, then, if you feel inclined to write me a personal 

 letter while I am down in my Florida home I shall be 

 exceedingly glad to hear from all of you. Brother 

 Terry suggests that, instead of saying, as I usually do, 

 "your old friend A. I. Root," I should change it to 

 "from your long-time friend A. I. Root." Terry says 

 it is bad to admit that we are growing old. Do not be 

 in a hurry to call yourself "an old man "or "an old 

 woman." Do not think about it, and it may help you 

 to stay young. T. B. Terry is the picture of health. 

 There is not a thing the matter with him in any way, 

 and there has not been for years. He is 66 and I am 

 almost 70. 



Mr. Bee-Man: 



Yoa can sive time, 



worry, and money by 



ordering yoor supplies 



for next season now. 



I have a full line ol Hives, Supers, Sections, Foundation — 



in fact, every thine you need in the apiary. If yoo do not 



have a catalog, send for one to-day. 



182 

 Frland St. 



H. H. JEPSON 



Phone Haymarket 1489-1 



