GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15. 



kept beds contain just in front of the <^re;n- 

 house, on the lower margin of the picture? 

 Wh}^ they are rows of strawberries where 

 they are growing potted plants. If 1 remem- 

 ber correctly, the first row was our old favorite, 

 Marshall ; then I saw Brandywine, and other 

 names familiar, on the neitly printed labels. 



Norfolk Island pin?. This pine attracted mj- 

 attention both iiT California and in Florida. I 

 have been told it is found nowhere else in the 

 world exc2pt on that one island, and that it is 

 quite difficult to grow them anywhere else 

 outdoors. The minute my eye caught sight 

 of several hundred of these magnificent little 



Some of these labels aciuallv came hnm The 

 A. I. Root Co. 



Near the upper right-hand corner was a sort 

 of greenhouse covered with lath. It made me 

 think of the pineapple plantations in Florida. 

 This structure contained potted plants of the 



trees, tastily arran.iied in beds hke a systematic 

 garden, I uttered an exclamation of surprise. 



" Why! will these trees actually grow in the 

 open air in this climate? " 



" Not quite in the open air, Mr. Root. You 

 see we have them partially shaded by the 



