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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, 



Oct. 15. 



Books, for Bee- Keepers and others. 



Anyoft'. ese books on which postage is not given will be 

 forwarded by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 



In buying books, as every thing else, we are liable to disap- 

 pointment if we make a purchase without seeing tlie article. 

 Admitting that tlie bookseller could read all the books he 

 offers, as ne has them for sale, it were hardly to be expected 

 he would be the one to mention all the faults, as well as good 

 things about a book. I very much desire that those who favor 

 me with their patronage shall not be disappointed, and there- 

 fore I am going to try to prevent it by mentioning all the 

 faults, so far as 1 can, that the purchaser may know what he 

 is getting. In the following list, books tliat I approve I have 

 marked with a • ; those I especially approve, ** ; those that 

 are not up to times, t ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the lines,t; 

 foreign, §. The bee-books are all good. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods by 

 freight or express, incurring no postage, we give prices sepa- 

 rately. You will notice, that you can Judge of the size of 

 the books very well by the amount requined for postage 

 on each. 



8 I Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 I Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 30 



20 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



Tills is a large book of 425 pages and 175 illustrations, and 

 would usually be called a $2.00 book. A splendid book to pre- 

 sent to children. Sold in gilt edge for 25c more. 



6 I First Steps for Little Feet. By the author of 



the Story of the Bible. A better book for young children can 

 not be found in the whole round of literature, and at the same 

 time there can hardly be found a more attractive book. Beau- 

 titully bound, and fully illustrated. Price 50 c. Two copies 

 will be sold for 75 cents. Postage six cents each. 



5 I Harmony of the Gospels 35 



3 I John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by 



Rev. C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 1 Gospel Hymns, consolidated Nos. 1,2, 3, and 



4, words only, cloth, 10 c ; paper 05 



2 I Same, board covers 20 



5 I Same, words and music, small type, board 



covers 46 



10 I Same, words and music, board covers 76 



3 I New Testament in pretty flexible covers. . . 05 

 5 I New Testament, new version, pai)er covers. lu 

 5 I Kobinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 I Stepping Heavenward** 18 



16 I Story of the Bible** 1 00 



A large book of 700 pages, and 274 illustrations. Will be read 

 by almost every child. 



The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life** 36 



Same in cloth binding 50 



" The Life of Trust," by Geo. Muller** 1 25 



1 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, T. S. Arthur*.. 06 



5 Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book th.at will be sure to be read, if left around 



where the boys get hold of it, and any boy that reads it will 

 be pietty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 

 Postage fl'rice without postage. 

 16 I A BCof Bee Culture. Cloth 1 10 



6 A Year Among the Bees, by C. C. Miller. . . 45 

 I Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson 5(i 



3 i Amateur Bee-keeper, by J. W. Rouse 22 



14 I Bees and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



England, Vol. I.§ 2 36 



31 I Same, Vol. II.§ r 2 79 



or, $6.26 for the two, postpaid. 



I Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 1 00 



10 I Cook's New Manual. Cloth 90 



5 I Doo little on Queen-Rearing 95 



2 I Dzierzon Theory 10 



3 I Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Ra- 



tional Treatment 22 



1 I Honey as Food and Medicine . 06 



16 I Langstroth Revised by Ch. Dadant & Son'. . 1 25 



10 i Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 140 



I Thirty Years Among the Bees, by H. Alley 60 



4 I Success in Bee Culture, by James Heddon 46 

 I Handling Bees, by Langstroth. Revised 



by Dadant 08 



I Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker 26 



5 1 The Honey Bee, by Tlios. William Cowan. . 95 

 I British Bee-Keeper's Guide Book, by Thos. 



William Cowan, Eiighiiidg 40 



3 I Merrybaiiks and His Neiglibor, l)y A.I. Boot 15 



4 I Winter Problem in Bee-keeping, by Pierce 46 



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



3 I A B C of Potato Culture, ** New Edition .... 35 



This is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly work . The book 

 has had an enormous sale, and has been reprinted in foreign 

 languages. When we are thoroughly conversant with friend 

 Terry's system of raising potatoes, we shall be )-eady to han 

 die almost any farm crop successfully. It has 122 pages and 37 

 illustrations. 



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5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finley . 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture** 35 



The above book by T. B. Terry, with some additional re- 

 marks by A. I. Root, is, at the present time, creating an en- 

 thusiasm and interest in strawberry culture never known 

 before. It is a book of 144 pages and 32 engravings, and it is 

 fully up to Che times. 



6 I An Egg-Fiirm, Stoddard** 45 



I Amateur Photographer's Hand-book** 70 



Barn Plans and Out-Buildings* 1 .50 



I Canary Birds. Paper 50 



2 I Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 25 



The first really full and complete book on celery culture, at 

 ■a moderate price, that we h.ave had. It is full of pictures, 

 and the whole thing is made so plain that a schoolboy ought 

 to be able to grow paying crops at once, without any assis- 

 tance except from the book. 



I Draining for Profit and Health, Warring.. 1 50 

 10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist** 140 



I Farming For Boys* 75 



This is one of Joseph Harris' happiest productions, and it 

 seems to me that it ought to make farm-life fascinating to any 

 boy who has any sort of taste for gardening. 



7 I Farm, Gardening, and Seed-Growing** 90 



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



only book on gardening that I am aware of that tells how 

 ma'rketrgardeners and seed-growers raise and harvest their 

 own seeds. It has 166 pages 



12 I Gardening for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 85 



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

 ing gardening pay, it touches a good deal on the pleasure part ; 

 and "Gardening for Pleasure " takes up this matter of beauti- 

 fying your homes and improving your grounds without the 

 special point in view of making money out of it. I think most 

 of you will need this if you get " Gardening for Proflt." This 

 work has 404 pages and 203 illustrations. 



12 I Gardening for Proflt, new edition** 1 85 



This is a late revision of Peter Henderson's celebrated work. 

 Nothing that has ever before been put in print has done so 

 much toward making market-gardening a science and a fasci- 

 nating industry. Peter Henderson stands at the head, without 

 question, although we have many other books on these rural 

 employments. If you can get 'but one book, let it be the 

 above. It has 376 pages and 138 cuts. 



I Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 1 26 



This is Joseph Harris' best and happiest effort. Although it 

 goes over the same ground occupied by Peter Henderson, it 

 particularly emphasizes thorough cultivation of the soil in 

 preparing your ground; and this matter of adapting it to 

 young people as well as old is brought out in a most happy 

 vein. If your children have any sort of fancy foi gardening it 

 will pay you to make them a present of this book. It has 187 

 pages and 46 engravings. 



10 I Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson** 75 



I Gray's School and Field Book of Botany. . . 1 80 



5 I Gregory on Cabl):iges ; paper* 25 



6 I Gregory on Squashes; paper* 25 



5 I Gregory on Onions; paper* 25 



The above three books, by our friend Gregory, are all val- 

 uable. The book on squashes especially is good reading for 

 almost anybod v, whether they raise squashes or not. It strikes 

 at the very foundation of success in almost any kind of 

 business. 

 10 I Greenhouse Construction** 1 40 



This book, by Prof. Taft, is ju^t out, and is as full and com- 

 plete in regard to the building of all glass structures as is the 

 next book in regard to their management. Any one who 

 builds even a fmall structure for plant-growing under glas.s 

 will save the value of the book by leading it <!arefully. 



15 I How to Make the Garden Pay.** 1 35 



By T. Greiner. This is si new IidoU, just out, and it gives the 

 most explicit and full directions tor guidening under glass of 

 any book in the world Those wlui are interested in hot-beds, 

 cold-frames, cold-greenhouses, hot-houses or glass structures 

 of any kind for the growth of plants, can not afford to be with- 

 out the book. 



I Handbook for Lumbermen 



10 



1 40 



16 



25 



10 Houseliold Conveniences 

 2 How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* 



2 Injurious Insects, Cook 



10 I Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Or- 

 chard, Stewart* 140 



This book, so far as I am informed, is almost the only work 

 on this matter that is attracting so much interest, especially 

 recently. Using water from springs, brooks, or windmills, to 

 take the place of rain, during our great droughts, is the great 

 problem before us at the present day. The book has 274 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 



5 I Manures; How to Make and How to Vse 



them; in paper covers 45 



6 I The same in cloth covers 65 



Covering the whole matter, and discussing every thing to be 

 found on the farm, refuse from factories, mineral fertilizers 

 from mines, etc. It is a complete summing-up of the whole 

 matter. It is written by F. W. Sempers. 



7 I Market-giirdening and Farm Notes, by 



Burnett Landreth 90 



The Landreths arc the pioneer seedsmen of America; and 

 the book is worth fully as much as we might expect it to be. I 

 think I received hints from it worth the price, before jit had 

 been in my bands tiftecn minutes. It is exceedingly practical, 

 and tells what has been done and what is BiciNG done, more 

 than it discourses on theory. 



5 I Tile Drainage, Ijy W. I. Chamberlain 35 



Full.v illustrated, containing every thing of importance 

 clear iip to the present date. 



A. I. ROOT, MEDINA, O. 



