1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



279 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



TOP OR ACORN ONION-SETS. 



As we are sold out. and I have been obliged to pur- 

 chase more, at a higher price, the price will be, here- 

 after, 15 cts. per quart (by mail :^5 cts.); peck, 11.00 ; 

 bushel, S3.60. 



THERMOMETERS FOR DIFFERE.VT PURPOSES. 



In addition to those mentioned in our lust issue, p. 

 202 we can furnish a sul)stantial incubator thermome- 

 ter for 10 cts ; postpaid by mail, 50 A reliable dairy 

 thermometer, all metal so it can be immersed in liq- 

 uids without any rusting, 15 cts ; by mail, 20 I.,ast and 

 least, a miniature thermometer, 3 inches long, which 

 will do very well for keeping the temperature of a 

 cutting-bed, if your eyesight is good, for only 10 cts.; 

 by mail. 13. 



DR. DOWIE AND ZION'S TABERNACLE. 



Two persons have complained that my severe cen- 

 sures of Dr. Dowie were uncalled for, and that he is 

 innocent. In our last issue, page 231, where 1 say there 

 is no need of explanations, I should have said there is 

 no need of mote explanations, meaning that he had 

 explained the charges against him sro many timesafter 

 his fashion that the public did not need any more of 

 that sort. Well, Dowie has again replied and explain- 

 ed, and sent out a most voluminous issue of his Leaves 

 of Healing for the purpose. I have really spent more 

 time in carefully examining it from beginning to end 

 than I can afford. Now, even if he does prove con- 

 clusively that the men and women who expose hini 

 through Ram's Horn were bad and wicked like liitii 

 self, does that make /iw case any better? The Bible 

 from which he quotes so largely says, " When a man's 

 ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to 

 be at peace with him." Now, Dowie is not at peace 

 with his enemies by considerable ; and his revelation 

 shows that he is very far from being at peace with the 

 members of his own household (altogether too many 

 of them) — that is, calling Zion his household. As I 

 censured him severely, I have given him a very care- 

 ful hearing. My verdict is that he has not by any 

 means answered the charges preferred against him 



ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



Mr. S. T. Danley, of Macomb, 111., whose address I 

 gave in our last issue, writes me that, although he 

 makes a specialty of shipping to florists, he will fill 

 orders to anybody at his printed prices, no matter how 

 small the order, and all plants will be delivered by 

 mail or express free of charge. His price list will be 

 mailed you on application. Why, it just makes my 

 heart bound to think of getting rooted cuttings of 

 these beautiful plants for only a cent or two apiece. 

 Mr. Danley has a great list of verbenas for only sixty 

 cew/.? per 100 ; colei, 70 cts.; petunias, $125 ; geraniums, 

 11.50, and so on. and they are safely delivered right at 

 your home at these insignificant prices. I suppose I 

 am giving him a big advertisement ; but when I think 

 of the great amount of pleasure and entertainment 

 these little plants will give to the thousands of homes 

 I feel it is no more than right that he should be en- 

 couraged. You see there is an advantage in these 

 rooted cuttings over purchasing seeds, not only that 

 you get flowers ever so much quicker, but you have 

 the benefit of having the very best selected and named 

 varieties. The golden-leafed salvia that I have said 

 so much about he calls the "yellowbird ; " but it is 

 the same thing as Childs' golden-leafed ; and the little 

 plants are furnished at onl}' 20 cts. a dozen, or $1.00 

 per hundred. Why, I would not take a five-dollar bill 

 for my golden-leafed salvia and its little family of cut- 

 tings "that I have watched and fostered, and found 

 much happiness with during the past winter — that is, 

 if they could not be bought any cheaper than $5 00 a 

 plant. And, by the way, since I have become acquaint- 

 ed with the salvia, I can make it do just what I want 

 it to do, better than almost anv other plant in my col- 

 lection. You must hecome acguai}itedv!i\.\\ each plant, 

 mind you. They do not behave all alike. I tried put- 

 ting .some pansies and violets in my forcing-bed, and 

 handling them as I do the salvias; but thev do not 

 like so much heat. They rotted, and sentup white 

 spindling shoots ; but after I found out what they 

 wanted, and put them in the coldest part of the green- 

 house, where the pansies got a little frost on their 

 leaves during a cold night, they were just suited. 

 There may be some book that tells what plants are 

 hardy and what are exotic, but I have not heard of it. 

 I have been learning by experience. But the " tuish- 

 un " is rather too " hi "' sometimes. 



The most gorgeous thing in all that little greenhouse 

 is a Madame Van der Cruyssen azalia just now. Per- 

 haps the next thing is a single petunia with more than 

 a dozen large blooms on a single little plant Just 

 now, March 27, buds and blos.sotns are pushing out al- 

 most every hour. We have geraniums, almost all the 

 colors of the rainbow, and no end of beautiful foliage 

 plants. In the center bed of the greenhouse I have 

 ttied mv hand at makitig an oval-shaped bed of .sal- 

 vias, acharanthes, colei, heliotropes, etc. And, by the 

 way, be sure to get an acharanthus to go with your 

 colei plants for a contrast. I ju^t now noticed that 

 our friend Danley says in his catalog, " We do not 

 care where you live, we guarantee our rooted cuttings 

 to reach you in good shape " That beautiful little 

 plant. Impatiens Sultana, is advertised at 30 cts. per 

 doz., or S2 00 per 100, by S. M. Pike, St. Charles. 111. 



Friend Pike agrees with me in regard to what I said 

 in the last issue about cuttings, as follows : 



"A good strong rooted cutting will, if properly han- 

 dled, start with more vigor, and make a much more 

 satisfactory plant, than oae that has been allowed to 

 become root-bound in a small pot for a considerable 

 length of time. If any of your readers would like to- 

 try some of the rooted cuttings I will mail them a list 

 upon request. S. M. Pike." 



Now let me say to the readers of Gleanings in re- 

 gard to ordering cuttings : These men whose names I 

 have given are in the habit of filling orders for hun- 

 dreds or thousands of plants ; and where a small or- 

 der for plants is received they can not afford to give it 

 much time, and pay expenses. As a rule, I believe 

 they do not even acknowledge the receipt of the mon- 

 ey except by sending the cuttings ; and sometimes you 

 have to wait your turn, say stveral days. If you want 

 them to reply as soon as they receive your stamps, 

 inclose a postal card directed to yourself. Thej' can 

 then tell you the money is received, and when the 

 goods will probably be sent, with just a few strokes of 

 a pencil. I do not believe a wholesale florist usually 

 wants to take time to read long letters or answer 

 questions — that is. during the busy sea.son. I judge 

 this from some personal experience. If he consents 

 to furnish you valuable plants for a cent apiece or 

 less, the business must be done without waste of time 

 and without having to refer the small order to the pro- 

 prietor himself. One great objection to filling small 

 orders at close prices is that it so often takes valuable 

 time from a high-priced man. If you send an order 

 that amounts to a good many dollars, then of course 

 the proprietor might give it personal attention, and 

 can give advice and make suggestions. I have men- 

 tioned this because I really hope every thing will be 

 pleasant and satisfactory. I am glad to say that, with 

 my experience in the flower business. I have had bet- 

 ter plants, more of them, and «/c^r on-s, thin I had 

 any reason to expect lor the amount of money I sent. 



Labor=Saving Conveniences. 



Success on the farm to-day is largely proportioned 

 to the saving of time and labor — which means econo- 

 my of production — and not higher prices for farm 

 products. Probably no single machine or appliance 

 saves in the aggregate so much time and hard labor 

 as the modern low-down handy wagon. Take for in- 



ELECTRIC 



stance the loading and hauling of manure, ensilage 

 corn, grain in the straw, corn fodder, hay, etc , all 

 hard to load, the use and advantages of a low-down 

 wagon are almost inestimable. The Electric Low- 

 Down Handy Wagon excels for these purposes. Has 

 the famous Electric steel wheels, is light, strong, and 

 durable. Write Electric Wheel Co., Box 00, Quincy, 

 111., for catalog 



Olivf Oil '^'^'^ °'^ ^^ "^ '^"^ quality, and 



^-'****-' v/II. guaranteed ab.solutely pure ; try it. 

 Extracted bv mvself. Case of 2 doz. bottles— 2 gals — 

 810.00; ca.se of 1 doz. bottles— 2 gals.— $0..')() ; case of two 

 Igal. cans, S8.50. All f. o. b. here. Sample on apnli- 

 cation, 15c. A. B. QURR, Merced, Cal. 



