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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1. 



«jruvi'> BUSINESS, MANAGER , 



SPECIAL BARGAINS IN BICYCLES. 



We direct attention again to the advertisement on 

 another page of bicycles at a special low price. Near- 

 ly all of these wheels are sold; and if you expect to 

 take advantage of this offer you will need to speak 

 quick. 



BEESWAX LOWER. 



The market price of beeswax is a little lower ; and 

 ^rhat we take in from now on will have to be held 

 over for use next season. Until further notice we will 

 pay 24 cents cash, or 26 cents in traue, for average wax 

 delivered here. 



NO. 2 SECTIONS. 



We have been very careful in grading our sections 

 this year, and the No 2 grade runs better than usual, 

 as we have packed a larger per cent as No. 2. We 

 have an over-supply of this grade, and can recom- 

 mend them to those who want something food at a 

 lower price than No 1 grade. Your honey will look 

 just as well in them as in the whitest sections made. 



A TRIP TO EUROPE. 



The one who presides over this department expects 

 to sail from Bo.-ton on Tuesday, July 3 on the steam- 

 er Saale, with the Christian ICndeavor hosts to the 

 International C. E convention in London, England. 

 After spending ten days in London and vicinity we 

 sail to Antwerp, and spend three weeks on the conti- 

 nent visiting points of interest in Belgium, Germany, 

 Switzerland, and the W rld's Fair in Paris. Return- 

 ing to Great Britain we spend about three weeks 

 longer visiting business acquaintances and friends, 

 and may also attend the International Bee-keepers' 

 congress in Paris in September. I hope to give some 

 account of the trip in our columns. I shall carry a 

 pocket kodak, with a good supply of films for lasting 

 impressions of some of the scenes visited. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



ONION SEED. 



We still have some left of the Globe Danvers, 

 Wethersfield, and Prizetaker. Price 40 cts. per lb. for 

 Wethcrsfield ; 50 cts. for Danvers: $1.00 for Prize- 

 taker. These low prices are because it is late in the 

 season. 



GARDENING UNDER GLASS ; BULLETIN BY THE 

 NORTH CAROLINA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



This was written especially for the climate of North 

 Carolina ; but, notwithstanding, it contains a great 

 amount of matter valuable for almost any climate. 

 While it is mainly devoted to tomato culture, in the 

 latter part it considers hot-beds and cold frames for 

 lettuce (glass covering contrasted with cloth), and a 

 great variety of vegetables and garden-jstuff. The bul- 

 letin is exceedingly practical, and was written, with- 

 out doubt, by one who has ben right in the work and 

 made a success of it. It is mailed free to any address 

 in North Carolina, on application; but I presume it 

 will be sent anywhere if you enclose a few postage- 

 stamps. Address George T. Winston, Director of the 

 Experiment Station, West Raleigh, N. C. 



SEEDS THAT HAVE ADVANCED IN PRICE SINCE OUR 

 SEED CATALOG WAS PRINTED. 



Crimson or scarlet clover, new crop of lOfX) will be 

 S5.50 per bushel; half-bushel, $;i.CO; peck, 8L7.5; 1 lb., 

 10 cts ; 1 lb. by mail, 20 cts. A whole rjushel or more 

 may have to be shipped from Baltimore, the locality 

 where it is grown. We may be able to give better 

 prices later; but we have written north, east, south, 

 and we't for quotations, and the above is the best we 

 could do. Sweet clover will be 15 cts per lb. in any 

 quantity until the new crop comes in: by mail, 25 cts. 

 per lb. Buckwheat, a nice article, is $1.10 for a single 



bushel; 2 bushels or more, $1 00 per bushel. We can 

 furnish every thing else at pre.sent writing at the 

 prices quoted in our seed catalog, which will be mail- 

 ed free on application. 



SEEDS WANTED, BOTH OF BLACK AND WHITE CALI- 

 FORNIA SAGE. 



I should like to try the California white and also 

 the black sage — not to cultivate, but to scatter the seeds 

 about the hills and let the plants take their chance; 

 and should the climate and soil be suitable they would, 

 perhaps, in a number of years, establish themselves 

 here. I would, therefore, ask the favor of sending 

 me seeds of both these sages, or kindly to request 

 somebody else to do so should you not be able to sup- 

 ply them yourself. 



Under separate cover I am sending you postoffice 

 order for 5 shillings, payable to The A. I. Root Co. 

 Richard Beuhne. 



Tooborac, Victoria, Australia, Apr. 24. 



Now will some of the California friends be so kind 

 as to mail direct to friend B., one or both of the 

 above sages? and please also mail .some to us here in 

 Medina ; and as we have the money sent, we will re- 

 mit from here. We made a similar request some time 

 ago for seed of California sage, but everybody seemed 

 to be too busy to gather it. i hope this and a request 

 from far-away Australia wilUnduce some one to send 

 our friends at least a few seeds to try. The plants are 

 easily raised, for we have grown them several times 

 on our own experimental grounds, but neglected to 

 save seed. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Gleanings has saved me its cost ten times over. 

 Whittier, N. C. J. Ulrich Gibbs. 



I received the queen all right, and introduced her 

 according to directions, w th success. I am very much 

 pleased with her. Have you more of the .same kind 

 in stock ? Alfred Foertch. 



Enon Valley, Pa., June 21. 



Dear Sirs : — I have just received an extractor which 

 I bought of 5'ou, and after trj ing it I am fully .'-atisfied 

 that it IS a genuine first-class machine, and is worth 

 every cent it cost. I must thank yo\i for your very 

 fair way of dealing. Winton Ball. 



Rugby, Va., June 16. 



A kind word from one who took the tobacco 



PLEDGE through GLEANINGS 11 YEARS AGO. 



Mr. A. I. Root: — I inclose 25 cents in stamps for a 

 trial subscription. I have a late .sample copy, but it 

 doesn't seem to be as good as it was in 1887 and '89. I 

 took it then, and am one of the fellows whom you gave 

 a smoker to for quitting tobacco, as you will see by my 

 letter in GleanIxNGS tor Aug. 1, 1889 



I must say I have never tasted the filthy stuff since. 

 It was eleven years the finst of last April, and I have 

 entirely lo;t all the appetite for it, and hate the smell 

 of it now as much as I used to like it. I wonder how 

 many you sent a smoker to have held out. There 

 were quite a number of letters in Gleanings at that 

 time, and I thank God that he gave me the victory to 

 overcome the evil. I still have the smoker ; and when 

 I see it, it brings to my mind my pledge I should 

 like to seethis printe ' in (^leanings, so that all may 

 see I still am a uon i ser of tobacco, and that people 

 can quit using it, so ' guess you are not entitled to any 

 pay for a smoker from me. 



Western, Neb. W. J. McAdams. 



[Why, friend M., perhaps the very reason why 

 Gleanings is " nut as good as it used to be " was be- 

 cause you stopped taking it during all of these 11 

 years And another thing : If Gleanings was the 

 means of leading you to victory over the evil habit, 

 don't j'ou think you ought to have held to it during all 

 this time? Well, never mind; but God be praised 

 that at least one who took the pledge bids fair to 

 endure to the end. J 



Italian Queens. 



guaranteed. 



Tested, .?1 PO each; 

 untested, 70 cents 

 each. Satisfaction 

 E. W. HAAQ, Canton. O. 



