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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



Books for Bee=keepers and Others. 



Any of these 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 disappointment if we make a purchase without see- 

 ing the article. Admitting that the book-seller could 

 read all the books he offers, as he 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. We very much desire that those who favor us 

 with their patronage shall not be disappointed and 

 therefore we are going to try to prevent it by mention- 

 ing all the faults, so far as we can, that the purchaser 

 may know what he is getting. In the following li.st, 

 books that we approve we have marked with a * ; 

 those we especially approve, ** ; those that are not up 

 to times, f ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the 

 lines, X '• foreign. §. The bee-books are all good. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with otlier goods 

 by freight or expre.ss, incurring no postage, we give 

 prices separately. You will notice that you can judge 

 of the size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on each. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Price without postage. 



8 I Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 50 



20 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



This is a large book of -125 pages, and 175 illustra- 

 tions, and would usually be called a S2.00 book. A 

 splendid book to present to children. Sold in gilt edge 

 foi 25 cents more. 



6 I Finst Steps for Little Feet 50 



hy 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. Beauti- 

 fully bound and fully illustrated. 



3 I John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by Rev. 



C. H. Spurgeoti* 10 



1 I Gospel Hynins, consolidated, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 1, 



words only; cloth, 10c; paper 5 



2 Same, board covers 20 



5 Same, words and music, small type, board cov. 45 



10 Same, words and inusiL^, board covers 75 



3 New Testament in pretty flexible covers 05 



5 New Testament, new version, paper covers 10 



5 Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 Stepping Heavenward** 18 



15 Story of the Bible** 1 00 



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

 be read by almost every child. 



I "The Life of Trust," by Geo. MuUer** 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 anj' boy who 

 reads it will be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 10 



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



Amateur Bee-keeper, by J. W. Rou.se 22 



Bees and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



Kngland, Vol. I., g 2 36 



Same, Vol. II., § 2 79 



Same, Vols. I. and II., postpaid 5 25 



Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 90 



Cook's New Manual, cloth 1 15 



Doolittle on Queen-rearing 95 



Dzierzon Theory 10 



Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Rational 



Treatment 22 



Honey as Food and Medicine 05 



Lang.stroth Revised, by Chas. Dadant & Son 1 10 



Quinby's New Bee-keeping 1 40 



Thirty Years Among the Bees, by H Alley 50 



Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. t,. Tinker 25 



The Honey-bee, by Thos. William Cowan 95 



British Bee-keeper's Guide-book, by Thomas 



William Cowan, England ? 40 



Merrybanks and His Neighbi r, by A. I. Root... 15 

 Winter Problem in Bee-kecpirg, by Pierce 46 



MISCELLANEOUS HANDBOOKS. 



5 I An Egg farm, Stoddard** 40 



5 A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finlev 25 



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

 Probably the leading book of the world on straw- 

 berries. 



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



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



I Barn Plans and Gut-buildings* 1 50 



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 have 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 assistance except frorri the 

 book. 



15 I Draining for Profit and Health, Warring 1 35 



10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist** 1 15 



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



This book ought to save at least the :noney 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 $^1.00, "but by taking a large fot of them we are en- 

 abled to make the price only 30 cents. 

 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 farm-life fas- 

 cinating to any boy who has any .sort of taste for gar- 

 dening. 



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



12 Gardening for Pleasure, Henderson* 1 35- 



1'2 I Gardening for Profit** 1 35 



8 I Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 1 2.5 



This is Joseph Harris' best and happiest effort. Al- 

 though it goes over the same ground occupied by Peter 

 Henderson, it particularly emphasizes thorough culti- 

 vation 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 for gardening it will pay you ta 

 make them a present of this book. It has 187 pages 

 and 46 engravings. 



10 I Greenhouse construction, by Prof, Taft** 1 1.5- 



This book is of recent publication, and is as full and 

 complete in regard to the building of all glass struc- 

 tures as is the next book in regard to their manage- 

 ment. Any one who builds even a small structure for 

 plant-growing under glass will save the value of the 

 book by reading it carefully. 



15 How to Make the Garden Pay** 1 35 



5 Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson** 60 



Gray's School and Field Book of Botany 1 80 



Gregory on Cabbages, paper* 20- 



Gregory on Squashes, paper* 20 



5 Gregory on Onions, paper* 20" 



The above three books, by our friend Gregory, are 

 all valuable. The book on .squashes especially is good 

 reading for almo.st anybody, whether they rai.se 

 .squashes or not. It strikes at the very foundation of 

 success in almost any kind of busine-s. 



Handbook for Lumbermen 0.5- 



10 Household Conveniences 1 40- 



2 How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* IS 



10 How to Get Well and Keep Well 90' 



An exposition of the Salisbury system of curing dis- 

 ease by the "lean-meat diet." 



2 I Injurious Insects, Cook 10 



10 I Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Orchard* 1 Ift 



By Stewart. This book, so far as 1 am informed, is. 

 almost the only work on this matter that is attracting; 

 so much interest, especially recently. U.sing water 

 from springs, brooks, or windmills to take the place 

 of rain, during our great drouths, is the great problem 

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

 and 142 cuts. 

 7 I Market-gardening and Farm Notes 75 



This is by a real, live, enterprising, successful mar- 

 ket-gardener who lives in Arlington, a suburb of Bos- 

 ton, Mass. Friend Rawson has been one of the fore- 

 most to make irrigation a practical success, and he 

 now irrigates his grounds by means of a windmill and 

 steam-engine whenever a cirouth threatens to injure 

 the crops. The book has 208 pages, and is nicely il- 

 lustrated with 110 engravings. 



3 I Maple Sugar and the Sugar-bush** 32 



4 I Peabody's Web.ster's Dictionary 10, 



Over .30,000 words and 250 illustrations. 



5 I Manures ; How to Make and How to Use 



Them ; in paper covers 30 



6 I The same in cloth covers 65 



3 I Onions for Profit** 40 



Fully up to the times, and includes both the old 

 onion culture and the new method. The book is fully 

 illustrated, and written with all the enthusia.sm and 

 interest that characterizes its author, T. Greiner. 

 Even if one is not particularly interested in the busi- 

 ne.ss, almo.st any penson who picks up Greiner's books 

 will like to read them through. 



