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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1. 



Most of you have seen these lilies in green- 

 houses, or perhaps around }our homes ; but I 

 hardly believe that many of you have seen a 

 plant containin.sj over a hundred of these 

 great trumpet-shaped blossoms. No wonder 

 Bermuda lily-bulbs are a favorite almost all 

 over the wide world. But little use is made 

 of the blossoms in Bermuda. Some attempt 

 has been made, I believe, to ship them to New 

 York city, but the expanse is too great, and it 

 is a little difficult to keep them in good order. 

 The crop is grt)wn for the bulbs; and as these 

 vary in piire all tl e way fr. m a few cents up 

 to 25 cents each, it is quite an object to grow 

 the finest and highes' -priced bulbs. I did 



Thou ha.st loved righteousness and hated iniquity. — 

 Heb 1 :9. 



My attention was called to the above in our 

 Bible -reading at home this morning. That 

 first chapter of Hebrews struck me as being 

 unlike almost any other chapter in the Bible. 

 The inspired writer speaks with authority in 

 regard to many things that are evidently be- 

 yond human comprehension. He touches on 





A FIELD OF BERMUDA LILIES IN FULL BLOOM. 



not pay so much attention to the lily-bulb 

 business as I did to the potatoes and onions, 

 as the lilies were a little out of my line. If I 

 remember correctly, however, the bulbs are 

 grown something as we grow potato onions 

 and multiplier onions. The largest bulbs, 

 however, I believe, as a rule produce the larg- 

 est blooms and the greatest number of them. 

 If it were not for the blight, Bermuda could 

 probably supply the world with bulbs. I 

 asked where they originally came from, and 

 was told that they were indigenous to the 

 island, or my informant thought that the Ber- 

 mudas gave the world this beautiful Bermuda 

 Easter lily. 



subjects that the great Creator has evidently 

 placed bej-ond the range of human intelli- 

 gence. He gives us a glimpse of the place in 

 creation that Christ the Son of God takes. 

 Then he contrasts him with the angels, of 

 which we really know so little, unless it is 

 that they are messengers, as it were, between 

 the infinite and the finite. In this connection 

 comes that wonderful address to the Son of 

 God in the ninth verse of the first chapter. 



There are people in this world, who, may 

 God be praised, as a general thing love right- 

 eousness and hate iniquity. Why, come to 

 think of it I believe the greater part of us love 

 righteousness when not stirred up or sway- 



