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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Honey-Prodiicinsr Wild Flowers. 



I send you samples of two flowering 

 plants. I don't know the names, and 

 wiil be obliged it' you will give their 

 names in The Journal. They are both 

 in bloom now, and the bees are very fond 

 of them. 



No. 1 is a plant with long, narrow 

 rough leaf ; has several stems, on which 

 small blue flowers are thickly set ; grows 

 about 18 inches high. It grows along 

 road-sides and on the commons generally, 

 grows on rich or poor soil. Bees seem 

 to prefer it to white clover. 



No. 2 is a pollen flower; has rough 

 leaves and has several stems from each 

 crown, with a pod-like seed ball. The 

 stems are alm'ost 18 to 24 inches high. 

 There are quite a number of other wild 

 flowers here that bees gather stores from. 



Russellville, Ky. T. E. Shelton. 



Prof. C. E. Bessey, Professor of Botany 

 at the State Agricultural College at Ames, 

 Iowa, gives the following descriptions of 

 the plants sent by our correspondent : 



No. 1 is the narrow-leaved Verbena. 

 {Verbena angustifolia). It is found from 

 Massachusetts to Wisconsin southward. 

 It probably occurs sparingly in Iowa, 

 but in the South it is abundant. 



No. 2 is Kibgrass, Kipplegrass or En- 

 glish Plaintaiu, {Hantago lanceolata). It 

 is a near relative of the common dooryard 

 plantain, and like it, is a native of Eu- 

 rope, from which country it has come as 

 a weed. It occurs in Iowa in the vicinity 

 of dwellings. C. E. Bessey. 



The Centennial. 



It is time that we were hearing from 

 all bee-keepers who design to aid in the 

 exhibition at the Centennial. We shall 

 be greatly disappointed if every one who 

 has bees does not feel a personal interest 

 in making the display of apiarian wares 

 worthy of the business it will represent. 

 We refer those interested to the descrip- 

 tion of the display made in England last 

 year, and which was given in The Jour- 

 nal. Those wlio would like to aid in the 

 work, and do not know just what they 

 can do, may find help in consulting the 

 list of things exhibited there. We hope 

 to have many more articles and a greater 

 variety, but to secure this we must all 

 have tlie work in mind — not leave it for 

 a few individuals to do, or let it lay until 

 the last moment. 



^^ The publisher of The American 

 Bee Journal made a business trip to the 

 East last week, and enjoyed a brief visit 

 with Mr. A. I. Root, at Medina, Ohio, bet- 

 ter known as "Novice," who publishes 

 Gleanings. We examined his New Idea 

 Bee House. If it is as good in practice 

 as it is in theory, it will certainly be a 

 grand thing for wintering. We will give 

 a full description of it in our next issue. 



At New York we saw Mr. H. A. King, 

 of patent-hive and bee-publishing notori- 

 ety for the past ten years. He has now 

 left the business and is devoted to pub- 

 lishing a religious paper called Union in 

 Christ. Weatso interviewed Messrs. King 

 & Slocum, the present publishers of the 

 Bee Keepers' Magazine, who are energetic 

 and business-like gentlemen. Our visit 

 was very brief, but it was also very pleas- 

 ant. 



Back Volumes. 



Complete sets of back volumes are 

 scarce. But few can be procured at any 

 price. We have a set, consisting of the 

 ten volumes (complete), which we offer 

 for sale, either bound or unbound, for a 

 reasonable sum. Many of the numbers 

 we have paid fifty cents for, to complete 

 them. Those who wish them, should 

 write us at once for price. 



We have several single volumes (com- 

 plete), which we will send postpaid for 

 $2.00 each. 



Several volumes, which lack only a sin- 

 gle number of being complete, we will 

 send postpaid for $1.00 each. 



Vol. 1, we can supply in cloth boards, 

 postpaid, for $1.25. Bound in paper 

 covers, $1.00, postage 10 cents. This vol- 

 ume is worth five times its price to any 

 intelligent bee-keeper. It contains a full 

 elucidation of scientific bee-keeping, in- 

 cluding the best statement extant of the 

 celebrated Dzierzon theory. These arti- 

 cles run through all the numbers, and are 

 from the pen of the Baron of Berlepsch. 



tt^* Beginners in bee-culture, who de- 

 sire to read up in the literature of bee- ( 

 keeping, are earnestly advised to obtain 

 these back volumes. Many of our best 

 apiarians say they would not sell their 

 back volumes of the American Bee Jour- 

 NAi- for ten times the sum they cost, if 

 they could not replace tliem. They are 

 exceedingly valuable alike to beginners 

 and more advanced apiarians. 



