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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15. 



Books for Bee-Keepers and Others. 



Anyoftbese 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 the article. 

 Admitting that the bookseller could read all the books he 

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

 he would he 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 I can, that the purchaser mar know what he 

 is getting. In the following list, books that 1 approve I have 

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

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

 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 expiess, 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 required for postage 

 on each. 



8 I Bible, Quod print, neatly bound 30 



10 Bunj'an's Pilgrim's Progress** 60 



30 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



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

 would ii.-ually be called a 82-00 book. A splendid book to pre 

 ient to .-tiildren. Sold in gilt edge for 2ne more. 



6 I birst 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- 

 tifully hound, and fully illustrated. Price .50 c. Two copies 

 will be sold for 76 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 I Gosi^el Hymns, consolidated Nos. 1,2, 3, and 



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



•.; I Same, board covers 



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



covers 



10 I Same, words and music, board covers 



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

 5 I New Testament, new version, paper covers. 

 5 I Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 



4 I Stepping Heavenward** 



16 I Story of the Bible**. 



30 



46 

 76 

 05 

 10 

 10 

 18 

 1 00 



. .., _ . . . _ 'read 



by almost every 



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



5 I Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left around 

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

 be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESFECIALI^Y FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



Postage (Price without postage. 



15 I A BCof Bee Culture. Cloth 1 10 



1 Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson 50 



3 I Amateur Bee keeper, by J. W. Rouse 22 



14 1 Bies and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



England, Vol. L8 3 36 



31 I -ame, Vol. ll.§ 



or, |;n.26 for the two, postpaid. 

 10 I Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 

 10 I Cook !- New Manual. Cloth 



5 Doolittle on Queen- Rearing 



2 1 Uzierzon Theory 



.r 2 79 



1 16 

 95 

 1(1 



22 



05 



1 10 



1 40 



60 



Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Ra- 



ti(mal Treatment. 



Honey as Food and Medicine 



15 Langstroth Revised by Ch. Dadant & Son. 



10 Quioby's New Bee-Keeping 



Thirty Years Among the Bees, by H. Alley 

 Handling Bees, by Langstroth. Revised 



by Dadant 08 



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

 6 1 TIh- H.inev Bee, by Tlios. William Cowan. . 96 

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



William Cowan, Eiiglandg 40 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A.I. Root 16 



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



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



5 I An Egg-Farm, Stoddard** 40 



I Amateu r Photographer's Hand-book** 70 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finley 36 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture**By T. B. Terry 35 

 Probably the leading book of the world on strawberries. 



3 I A B C Of Potato Culture, Terry** 35 



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

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

 languages. When we are thoroughly conversant with friend 

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

 dle almost any farm crop successfully. It has 48 pages and 22 

 illustrations. 



I Barn Plans and Out-Buildings* 150 



I Canary Birds. Paper 50 



2 1 Celery for Profit, liy T. Greiner** 35 



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

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

 and the whole thihg 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. 

 10 I Draining for Profit and Health. Warring.. 1 35 



This is. perhaps, the most systematic, comprehensive, and 

 thorough work on grape culture now in print ; in fact 

 friend [""uller here tells us how. by ea.sy steps, to make any 

 grapevine come into the work, and make a pleasant, orderly 

 appearance: and he makes it a.s attractive as a piece of fic- 

 tion ; and the best part of it is, that you get great crops of 

 beautiful grapes during almost any kind of season. We have 

 tested the system, and know whereof we speak. 



8 I Domestic Economy, by I. H. Mayer, M. D.** 30 

 This book ought to save at least the money it costs, each 



year, in every household. It was written by a doctor, and one 



who has made the matter of domestic economy a life-study. 



The regular price of the book is SI. 00; but by taking a large 



lot of them we are enabled to make the price only 30 cts. 



10 I Farming for Boys* 1 15 



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



seems to me that it ought to make farra-lite fascinating to any 



boy who has any sort of taste for gardening. 



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



This is by Franci." Brill, the veteran seed-grower, and is the 

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

 market^gardeners and seed-growers raise and harvest their 

 own seeds. It has leepages. 



10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist** 115 



12 I Gardening- for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 35 



While '■ Gaidening for Profit "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 Profit." Thif 

 work has 404 pages and 203 illustrations. 



12 I Gardening for Profit** 1 35 



The latest revision of Peter Henderson's celebrated work. 

 Nothing that lias ever bt-fore been put in print has done so 

 much toward making ninkfi gardening a science and a fasci- 

 nating industry. Pcti r Hcndi 1 son stands at the head, without 

 question, althougli we have many other books on these rural 

 employments If you can get but one hook, let it be the 

 above" It has 376 pages and 138 cuts. 



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



Thi^ is Joneph 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 gardeningit 

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

 pages and 46 engravings. 



1(1 I Greenhouse Construction, b\ Prof Tafi** 1 15 

 This hook is of lecent publication, and is as full and com- 

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

 next hook in regard to their management. Any one who 

 builds even a small structure for plant-growing underclass 

 will >.nve the value of the hook by leading it carefully. 



6 I Garden and Farm Topics, Heiiderbon** — 60 

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



6 , Gregory on CatiliajJtrt; |>apei* 20 



5 1 Gregory on S(i nasties; paper'. . 20 



6 I Gi'0g(ii> on O.iions; paper* ... 20 

 The ahuve ihrce huok>. bj our friend Gregory, are all val- 

 uable. The hook ou squashes especially is good reading tor 

 almost anvhody . whether tuey raise squashes or not. It strikes 

 at the very loundation of success in almost any kind of 

 husiness. 



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



By T. Greiner. Thi.- is a new book, just out, and it gives the 

 nio^t explicit and full directions for gaidening under glass of 

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

 coUI-f l•ame^. cold-greenhouses, hot-houses or glass structures 

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

 out tile book. 



I Handbook for Lumbermen 05 



10 I Household Conveniences .. 140 



2 I How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* 15 

 10 I How to Get We.l and Keep Well 90 



An exposition of the Salisbury system of curing disease by 

 the " lean mean diet." 



3 I Injurious Insects, Cook 10 



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

 chard, Stewiirt* 1 10 



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 befoi e us at the present day. The book has 274 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 



7 I Market-gardening and Farm Notes, by 



Burnett Landreth 75 



The Landreths are the pioneer seedsmen of America; and 

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

 think 1 received hints from It worth the price, before it had 

 been in my hands fifteen minutes. It is exceedingly practical, 

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

 than it discourses on theory. 



