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IIY S. BKACMOST KENNKnv. 



'Tls meet a nation's symbol bp 



One of God's fragrant flowers ; 

 Thev catch the sunlight of His smile. 



Aiui drink His crystal showers. 

 They bloom in lowly glade and glen. 



And on the mountain heights. 

 And in their prismed petals hold 



The rainbow's radiant lights. 



The lilv tells ot sunny France 



t)orn-ttower of " Katherland ;" 

 The thistle and the heather-bells 



For Seollaiid s glory stand ; 

 While Knglaud claims the royal rose. 



And wears it on her shield. 

 And shamrocks, green as emerald, 



Fair Erin's meadows yield. 



Then choose we from the waste of bloom 



That makes our landscape gay 

 A lilossom bright to name us in 



The nation's great bouquet. 

 And seek it not mid close-cut rows 



Of fragrant hot-house flowers. 

 Hut lie its tender tintings known 



In mead and rustic bowers. 



A flower there is that blooms tor all. 



For rich man and for poor. 

 Upon the Western prairie wastes. 



And on the Northern moor. 

 Like Ghober true it greets the sun 



Where all the East is red. 

 And o'er the Southern cotton-flelds 



It sliakes its golden head. 



Then be our symbol rich and rare. 



This flower so blessed of Hea\ imi. 

 And let our sweetest songs and thouglits 



Henceforth to it be given. 

 The Golden-rod ! the Golden-rod, 



Columbia's regal crest. 

 It lies like sunshine in the land. 



And seems with sunshine blessed 1 



The fairest land on earth is ours, 



Christ's blessing o'er it falls, 

 And ne'er a tyrant's boasting wakes 



An echo in our halls. 

 We brook no despot's iron heel. 



No laws save those ot God ; 

 Then over us let Freedom wave 



Her wand of Golden-rod 1 



—Frank Leslie's Monlhly. 



Afxricultural Colleges.— California 

 looks with euiuIiitioD upou the State Agri- 

 cultural College of Miehigau. It wants a 

 similar iustitution in that State, and well it 

 might, for it is a great advautatje to farmers' 

 sons in every department of agriculture, 

 including the pursuit of bee-keeping. The 

 Rural CitUfornlan remarks as follows 

 about the matter : 



The demand for reliable, intelligent, 

 bonesthelp in the apiary is increasing evi-ry 

 year in Stmiheru California, and under pres- 

 ent surroundings is likely to increase. 

 While th' re seeuis to be no effort lu any 

 direction to supply the demand, the State 

 University at Berkley, has the opportuuitv 

 to give us a helping hand in this inattei, a 'd 

 bee-keepers should time, yes, nisist that llie 

 Universitv do its duty in this renard. The 

 State of California can produce $1.5,000,000 

 worth of Imney per annum, and furuisii an 

 article superior to any iu tie world. The 

 honey and wax product of California is now 

 over Sl.OOO.OOO worth : and the University 

 of Caliiornia, by proper effoit, c mid double 

 this annually until the product has r. a -bed 

 its limit. I know ot no agricultural pursuit 

 that will allow so great a margin for im- 

 provement as may be found in apiculture, 

 in the Slate of California. 



The State of Michigan finds it profitable 

 to have a Professor who gives much ot his 

 time to experiment and instruction in this 

 branch of education, and the Siate reaps 

 annually rich rewards for the money ex- 

 pended upon the apicultural department of 



the Michigan ITniversity. That State hai 

 no such territory, no such nectar-vieUling 

 Mowers, shrubs and trees, as are fotiiid in 

 Caliiornia, lli-re we count on a perpetual 

 iiioom, and in S'lutiiern Caliiornia the bee 

 is on the wing 3."i0 (lavs in the > ear, and 

 would be every day iu the year, but tor the 

 rain. 



In Michigan the bees are for the most part 

 shut up iu cellars for lour or five ninnilis to 

 pieveiit their tieezing to deat", and olten 

 cannot work in the jpringor summer lor a 

 long time on account of cold, cloiulj 

 woither. The yield ot honey in Michigan 

 does imt exceed 70 pnunds per hive under 

 the most intfliigent ninnageiiimt, while in 

 Calif.iinia it aveiHge> 'iiO pounds per hive, 



California ciiukl wt-U hIT 'I'd a i rofess-or- 

 slnpat her University, where the student 

 could be lauulil eveiyiliing pertaining to the 

 science of bee keeping, and tliHS add to the 

 stream of human knowledge snmetning that 

 would add millions of money to the enm- 

 nierce of the world ; give employment to 

 thousands of her citizens, and not detiact 

 from the soil one iiiiticle of its vitality. 

 Every paiticle of nectar gat'ined and sold 

 in the markets of 1 he State IS so uiueh gain 

 to ihe eoniinonwealtli, that would be wasted 

 on Ihe desert air, except for the industry ot 

 the bee and the bee-keeper. 



Xlie American Newspaper Annual 

 for 1S89, by N, W, Ayer & Son, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., (price $'■>) contains a carefully 

 prepared list of all newspapers and periodi- 

 cals in the United States and Canada, ar- 

 ranged by States and towns in alphabetical 

 order. Under this head is given the name 

 of the paper, the issue, general character- 

 istics, year ot estublishment, size, subscrip- 

 tion price and cireulatiou, also the names of 

 editors and publisheis, and the street ad- 

 dress (when known) in all cities of about 

 .50,000 population. 



Amoni; its exhaustive and interesting 

 tables are those showing the cities, towns, 

 and villages of the United Slates having a 

 population of .5,000 and upward, arianged in 

 alphabetical order; how many counties 

 there are in each State ; in how many of 

 these newspapers are published, etc. 



An Appendix to "Scientific Queen- 

 Rearing," by G. M. Doolittle, is given in 

 the Second Edition, which details his 

 further experiments in his methods of 

 Queen-Rearing. 



This "Appendix" will be mailed free of 

 cost to ail who have the first edition, upon 

 application at this ofllce. It is now ready 

 for deliver.v. 



The "Second Edition " of this interesting 

 book will be mailed to any address, post- 

 paid, for $1.00. 



Xe'w Posters for the Amekican Bee 

 JouKNAL, printed in two colors, have just 

 been printed, and will be sent free to all 

 who can use them. They are very hand- 

 some, and will "set off" an exhibit at 

 Fairs. It will tell Bee-Keepers how to 

 subscribe, for "Subscriptions Received 

 Here " is quite prominent at the bottom. 



We will also send sample copies of the 

 Bee Journal, for use at Fairs, if notified 

 a Week or ten days in advance where to 

 send them. 



A Xemplina: Ofler for those who are 

 willing to help get new names for our 

 Journals : 



Some are desirous of collecting names at 

 once, and we would like them to do so, and 

 thus begin early to get new readers for 1890. 



We propose to all who subscribe now 

 for isou, to cjive them all the rest of the 

 numbers of this year free— so the sooner 

 they subscribe, tlie more they will get for 

 their money. 



Now, in order to pay our friends to work 

 tor our Journals, we have got'en up 

 special editions of Mr. Do>litlle's " Scientific 

 Qiieen-Reariug," (with Appendix), and Dr. 

 Miller's "Year Among the Bees," bound 

 with nice paper covers, and will present a 

 copy of either book to any one who will 

 send us two new sunset ibers for ei her of 

 our Journals (the Bee Journal, weekly, 

 or the llo.ME Journal, monthly). 



These editions are not for sale, but are 

 gotten up specially for premiums for getting 

 new subscribers. They are nicely printed, 

 and will be sent free of postnge, as pay for 

 work to be done for our Journals Clubs 

 need nit be located at one post-office, and 

 may contain one " Bee Journal " and one 

 " Home Journal " to the same or different 

 addresses ; or both may be for either Jour- 

 nal, as may be desired. Dickens or 

 Waverley may be obtained for each sub- 

 scriber in this club as offered on the last 

 page of this Journal. 



The Home Journal is needed in every 

 family, and it will be no trouble to get sub- 

 scribers for it anywhere and among all 

 classes of persons. For larger clubs of it. 

 Consult any issue, and our list of premiums. 



Call upon your neighboring bee-keepers 

 who are not subscribers to this Journal, 

 and secure the premium mentioned above. 

 We strongly urge you to commence collect- 

 ing names at once. 



In sending in new subscriptions, remem- 

 ber to give the full address, with the county, 

 and at the time of sending, state that the 

 names enclosed are for premiums, it the 

 premiums are not then selected. 



Apiary Register.— All who intend to 

 be systematic in their work in the apiary, 

 should get a copy of the Apiary Register and 

 begin to use it. The prices are a,s follows : 



For 50 colonies (120 pages) fi 00 



" 100 colonies ('220 pages) 125 



" 200 colonies (420 pasres) 150 



<;onTention l^otices. 



rjf" The International Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet in the rourt-house, at Brantford. Ont-, 

 Cnnaila. on De eraher 4 5, anii fi, l«.s9. All bee- 

 keetjerBare invit«-d to attend, and Stale and DWtrict 

 bee-keepers' societies are requesle 1 to appoint del- 

 eiiates u> the convention. Kiill particulars of the 

 nieetinK will be uiven in due time Anyone desirous 

 of beconii'^y a ntember. and receivinK the last Annu- 

 al Report bound, may do so by forwarding «l.no to 

 the Secretary.-R. V. Holtbksiann, Sec, Uomney. 

 Ont.. Canada. 



r^ The Union Bee-Keepers' Society will meet in 

 Mount SlerlinE. Brown * o.. Ills., on Oct- 2;t and 24, 

 icSM The prospects are very ftatterintf for a grand 

 time', and nil who are Interested in bees or honey 

 are cordially invited to attend 



J. M. IIAMBADOH. S«. 



