1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



187 



will do, yesterday a friend sent me some cut- 

 tings in a letter by mail. They were so much 

 dried up I had hardly any hope that any of 

 them would live. But I put them in one of 

 my saucers, and forgot all about them. This 

 morning, before it was quite daylight, I look- 

 ed through the glass, and saw a new plant I 

 had never seen before. At first I thought 

 somebody had placed it there to give me a sur- 

 prise ; and then I remembered my wilted 

 dried-up cutting. It had risen up during the 

 night, spread out its branches, and there was 

 a beautiful little plant two or three inches 

 high, apparently in full vigor. All the rest of 

 the cuttings had revived more or less, and I 

 think all will grow. It seems almost miracu- 

 lous that such things can be so quickly restor- 

 ed to life and vigor. 



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BUSlNE'SSJvlANAGER 



CATALOG FOR 1900. 



We have printed, made up, and either mailed or 

 shipped to our dealers, a total of 90,000 catalogs during 

 the month of February. Before we reach the end of 

 our list we will print about 50,000 more, most of which 

 we hope to get off during the next two weeks. After 

 the first of April we begin work on another edition of 

 the A B C of Bee Culture, as the last editio.n of 50(X), 

 completed las* October, bids fair to be all sold before 

 we can get another finished this summer. 



CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We are sold out of comb honey, but we still have 

 some 60 ca.ses of Utah extracted honey in 60-lb. cans 

 which is very fine, and we should be pleased to hear 

 from any who are in need of such honey to supply 

 their trade. It is some time yet before new honey 

 •will be on the market, and in the mean time we de- 

 sire to dispose of present stock. If interested, write 

 for sample, naming quantity you can use. 



. BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



W While we are not crowded with orders as we were 

 one and two years ago at this time we nevertheless 

 have enough to keep us comfortably busv, and we 

 have shipped five more carloads than we had shipped 

 up to the same date a year ago. We have orders in 

 sight pretty well filled, and are ready to furnish goods 

 in large or small lots on shoit notice. When jou de- 

 cide what you need, let us show you how promptly 

 we can supply it. 



WAKEMAN AND CROCKER SECTION-PRESS. 



'' (This is a tool for folding or driving together either 

 the one-piece or four-piece dovetailed sections, and 

 was quite prominent years ago, selling for S2 50 each. 

 We have a few of them on hand which we shall be 

 pleased to furnish to those who can use them at 11.50 

 each, shipped with other goods. 



MASON FRUIT-JARS ADVANCED. 



Since printing and distributing most of our catalogs 

 for this year we have received new prices on Mason 

 fruit-jars just issued by the manufacturers, which are 

 $1.25 to SI. 75 per gross more than we paid a year ago. 

 Theie appears to be a combination among the facto- 

 ries making jars, which has brought about the new 

 prices. We still have quite a little stock of pints 

 and quarts, but the half-gallon size is exhausted, and 

 we can not buy new stock and sell at prices in our 

 catalog, but will have to ask an advance of 75 cents per 

 gross on pints and quarts, and 81.50 per gross advance 



on 2-quart. The new table of pi ices will be as fol- 

 lows : 



Pint Mason jars, 55c doz.; G doz., $S.20; 12 doz , $6.00. 



Quart " 58c " •' 3.35; '• 6.25 



y2-gal. " 80c " " 4 40; •■ 8.50. 



These are all packed one dozen in a case, and have 

 aluminum caps. There is likelv to be an advance in 

 No 25 jars and tumblers before long. We .still have a 

 good stock, but manufacturers are asking higher 

 prices. 



Special Notices by A. i. Root. 



JADOO FIBER, PRICES OF, ETC. 



This fiber comes from the manufactory in sacks hold- 

 ing about 125 lbs. each, and the price is 2 cts per lb. In 

 smaller lot.- than a 12.5-lb. bag, the price iscou-.iderable 

 more ; and the tuanufactui ers object to our selling it to 

 our friends at less than their advertised ptices. We are 

 at liberty, however, to do this : To every one who 

 sends us SI. 00 for Gleanings we will send him 20 lbs. 

 (SI 00 worth at price charged for small quantities) of 

 jadoo free of charge. This amount is heavy enough to 

 make a freight shipment ; and if it can be sent with 

 other goods, that will make the expense still less. You 

 will readily .see that no one can afford to pay postage 

 or c.vp):C)<>t charges on an article that costs only 2 cts. 

 per lb. Of course, we send a small s,Tm])1e liy mail free 

 of charge, but this is intended only for a test. If you 

 have already paid for Gleanings, pay in advance for 

 another year, get a subscriber somewhere, or make 

 somebody a present of a year's subscription. This will 

 be really your cheapest way to get the jadoo, for the 

 manufacturers charge $1.10 for a 251b box of the ma- 

 terial. If you do not think you want 20 lbs., get your 

 neighbors to club together v^ith you. I think you can 

 use 25 lbs. very quickly; and after you have tried it a 

 little, I am .sure you and your neighbors together can 

 use a sack. 



A special rate to florists on application. 



For greenhouse work we rub the material through 

 a coarse sieve-. This sifting process works better when 

 the jadoo is pretty dry; then with the same sieve mix 

 it thoroughly with more or less sand or rich garden 

 soil as you choose. 



A NEW BOOK ON GREENHOUSE MAN.\GEMENT. 



Ever since Prof. Taft, of the Michigan Agricultural 

 College, put out his book on greenhou.se construction, 

 he has been considered authority; and when the O. 

 Judd Co. gave notice that he was at work on a book en- 

 titled "Greenhouse Arrangement," I knew we should 

 have something strictly up to date. The book covers 

 the whole ground of fruits, flowers, and vegetables un- 

 dei; glass ; and the best part of it is that Prof. Taft has 

 visited the most skillful growers in each line of work, 

 and has given us beautiful half-tones of the contents 

 of their greenhouses. Thf- paper and print are just 

 fine. The book contains -100 pages, and is "chockful " 

 of beautiful half-tone illustrations. By the waj', these 

 half-tones are worth ever so much more to me than 

 ideal pictures. Years ago, when I got a glimpse of 

 Eugene Davis' greenhouse, full of Grand Rapids let- 

 tuce, what I saw in one minute by the light of a lan- 

 tern was worth to me a hundred dollars or more, be- 

 cause it demonstrated at once wiiat was possible to be 

 done with that plant inside of a greenhouse. Well, 

 this hook of Prof. Taft's tells you dozens of times, by its 

 half-tone pictures, what is po-sible in the way of a crop 

 or what is possible with ornamental flowers or decora- 

 tions. I Slid to myself again and again, "Oh ! is it 

 possiMe the little plant t have in my greenhouse may 

 produce such a wonderful sight as I see in this half- 

 tone picture." 



Speaking of Grand Rapids lettuce reminds me that 

 there is a whole chapter devoted to lettuce-growing 

 under glass. It discusses growing in pots instead of 

 beds ; tells us what has been accomplislied in the way 

 of pushing the crop by means of electric lights, etc. 

 The chapter on growing cuttings from different sorts 

 of plants was especially helpful to me as was also the 

 one on insect-enemies in the greenhouse, and the pre- 

 paring of pot soil and using fertilizers, both animal 

 aud chemical. Growing strawberries and other fruits 

 under glass receives considerable attention. 



The price of the book is $1.50; but we have an ar- 

 rangements o we can furnish it together with Glean- 

 ings for only $1.75. If you have already paid for 

 Gleanings we will mail you the book for $1.25. To 

 one who is an enthusiast in growing stuff under glass, 

 the book ought to be worth a dollar jusl to look at the 

 pictures. 



