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Contents of this Number. 



Biisswooil 5r>8 ; 



Bees, nvf lmn<l.<l 54« 



Bee kliitrs of C.ilifornla MS 



Ciilifornlii Apinrieii 642 



Colonies, nitferf noes In M7 , 



Oomlis. Ci-Dokeit M7 ' 



Comhs. I'li'scrvintr 54S 



C.x.k on Hnll-tuni-Cut r.*8 



Orones l\iii(rre(fatin(r KW 



Kami. Quarter Here '■♦il 



Cray. Luther \V .V.9 



Hl\er. Alley's Latest 640 



Hives I'lir Karniers 5.17 



Indian SeliiHil ftW 



Mulh' L:iliels .'.58 



I'liiiie^ l>iyeu8sed 5S8, MO 



IJiiinblii ill Utah Ii44 



Santa Cm/. Island MS 



Swcl Clover M« 



\V.i\. s.ir.tion of ft39 



Wilev Vindieated riSfl 



Worhl's l-'iir Ml 



Special Notices. 



NEW IMPLKMENT FOR SfKAVlNC. PLANTS, APPLV- 

 INf; INSKCTICIDES, KTC. 



Tlie little implement 

 sliown ill the cuts below has 

 been hiiviiijr quite a sale for 

 a few montlis back. It is 

 not a spraying-pump; but 

 although it is small and 

 cheap, it answers the pur- 

 pose of a more expensive 

 machine, for many pur- 

 poses. In shape it is some- 

 thing like a lemon-squeezer; 

 but instead of a lemon j'ou 

 have a l)all made of puie 

 soft rubber, with very mi- 

 nute perforations on one 

 side, and a sort of valve on 

 tlie other. Shut it up, then 

 dij) it into a bowl or pail of 

 ■water, and, while immersed, open the handles. 

 This fills the ball wiili tlie liriiiid. Now hold it over 

 the plant you wsh to spiny, aiul it -ends a great 

 number of streams so intiiiit>ssiniallv small that 



AGENTS 

 SUPPLIED 



Wholesd/e 

 PlilCES, 



Truest (lollies 

 Jspriukkr iu the I 

 -^ World. 



iiir : : -all i- a aiie vapor, or dew, covering both the 

 upper and under side of the leaves, as tlie operator 

 may clioo.sc. For sprinkling clothes, or watering 

 plants ill the window, of course you use pure water. 

 For applying poisons, however, you use any of the 

 solutions of Lond(jn pur|)le, I'aris green, hellebore. 



•or pyrethrum, according to the insetts to Oe Vanish- 

 ed. For convenience j-ou want an extra rubber ball 

 for the poisons. It uses the poisons in such econo- 

 my that a pint bowl of the liquid may be made to 

 go over a vei-y large surface. The first engraving 

 shows t4ie manner of applying it to a liill of pola- 

 .toes; the next, to sprinkling clothes; and the third. 



to sprinkling plants and \ines. It is also recom- 

 mended for hugs and insects on cai-pets, furs, or 

 clothes. For this purpose a carbolic-a<'id solulion 

 is used. Full directions for using tlii! ditl'erent 

 kinds of poisons are seiil with each sprayer. 'J'he 

 regular price of tliis little inipleineiil is r>(lc. By 

 buying I hem in nuanl ilies, howi'ver, we are enabled 

 to sell them for it'ic. If .sent by niail, llie price will 

 lie Kic iiioie. Fxtra bulbs for various iiciiiids will 

 lie sent liy mail for 2(lc each. There is one I'eature 

 about this rubber-ball sprinkler thai gives it an 

 advant.age over all of the melal nozzles; and that 

 is, it- can not elog nor iiisl up; for, by applying 

 sullicient pressure, the obstruction maybe forced 

 through the openings, for these iipeniiigs are of 

 rubber. We are using one of these rubber balls on 

 the end of a hose, for sprinkling our plant-heds. 

 When the full head of the water is let on, the rub- 

 ber ball expands to more than double its ordinary 

 size. This, of course, makes the perforations cor- 

 respondingly larger, .iiid i his brings them about the 

 right size for watering beds. 



PUOSPECT OF STKAWBKKRY-PLANTS AT THE PRES- 

 .j»ra ENT WKITING. ^ 



As we have not had a drop of rain for ten daysi 

 the plants out in the field are not in condition to 

 send out; and those uiid('r irrigation in our plant- 

 beds have not yet got a going .so there are any to 

 fill orders; therefore the friends will have to wait 

 about another two weeks, I presume, before we can 

 ship stiawbcrry-iilants to them. The exceedingly 

 iK.ny rains during the fore part of the month, that 

 flooded our beds and [jacked tlie earth so hard, have 

 had much to do with keeping the plants back. We 

 are stirring the soil, however, hauling on manure 

 in place of that which was washed away, and doing 

 every thing we can to be able to furnish good 

 strong-rooted plants for our customers. Parker 

 Earle and Edgar Queen will be double our usual 

 rates, viz., 20e for 10, or $1.50 per 1(K). Warfleld will 

 be usual prices, 10c for 10, T.'ic per 100, or $6.00 per 

 1000. By mail, .5c for 10, or a.5c per 1(10 additional. 



lydter. -Just as the above was written (July 13) a 

 very welcome shower came, which puts a more fa- 

 vorable aspect on things, and we can fill small or- 

 ders, say for only 10 plants, at once. 



THE Tf)MATO BOOK AND ITS TEACHINGS. 



Just as we go to press, the following comes from 

 friend Day in regard to the tomato crop of the 

 present year : 



The tomato crop here has been enormous. Crystal Springs 

 has shipped about 430 carloads, and could have shippe<l 100 

 ears more if w.- ha<l had crates in time. The cannina:-factoi-y 

 is duinK a heavy business. The crop is about all gone from 

 here that will go norlh. .1. w. Day. 



Cry.-tal Springs, Miss., July 11. 



You cjiii see from the above whether the teachings 

 of the new tomato book are probabl.y sound or not, 

 for friend Diiy certainly practices what he teaches. 



•lAPANESE BUCKWHEAT FOR LATE SOWING. 



We have now a full supply of nice seed at the 

 regular i^rices given in our catalogue; viz., trial 

 )iacket, 4 ounces, by mail, postpaid, ."ic; I lb. by 

 mail, postpaid, lOc; peck, :i")c; 'A bushel, tide; bush., 

 •■fl.i It. These latter prices include liag to ship it in. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS. 



i Untested, 70c each; 3 for f 1.7.5; 6 or more, .50c 

 each. Tested queens, !?!. 00 each. 



D. G. ED.MISTON, Adrian, Lenawee Co., Mich. 



I ELMER HUTCHINSON 



I Can furnish untested 5-banded Italian ijueeiis for 

 J *l.tiO each; 6 for $5.00. Tested queeii.s, $1..50 each; 



breeding queens, f 4. 00 each. 

 ! 13ltdb \'iin<^nr, Tnncuilfi Co., Jilidt. 



▼▼N'» KSTED QIJFENS. 75f, Each; Select. 

 ^^ J*l.(iO. Te.sted Kalian, $1.£0; select. $-^.m. I 

 breed 'I /'( Doolittle, from leather-colored imported 

 mother, also yellow strain. Bees, in nuclei or by 

 the pound, cheap. 



J. J. HARDY, UAVONIA, GA. 



WAN! ED.— To rent or on shares, an apiary of 

 about 2ii0 (colonies of bees. Gulf States, or 

 California. English B. Mann, New Iberia, La. 



