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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



sale robbery (talking $25 00 for a thing that 

 could be sold for 25 cents, or one hundred 

 limes its real value) are going to be the fash- 

 ion. Would Mr. Terry wish to go into a busi- 

 ness of this kind, even though he relieved 

 suffering ? Would he employ a physican who 

 cured people after that fashion ? God forbid ! 

 When I can not be cured without telling me 

 great lies to accomplish the cure, I think I 

 prefer to remain sick. 



Terry's head seems to be pretty level, after 

 all, for he says, in winding up: 



We sometimes smile at the ignorance and supersti- 

 tion of the colored people of the South. Will you 

 please tell me how much more wise are the intelligent 

 white people of this country, who swallow train loads 

 of patent medicines, than the poor negro who carries 

 in his right trousers' leg pocket the left hind foot of a 

 rabbit killed in the dark of the moon, as a remedy for 

 rheumatism ? 



Very good; but, dear friend Terry, are you, 

 a "teacher in Israel," at least in farmers' in- 

 stitutes throughout the different States, going 

 to keep still and let this folly and superstition 

 go on ? Are you still going to keep quiet, 

 and utter no protest just as you did in the 

 case of the electric belt ? 



I am well aware we are often told, " Where 

 ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise ; " but 

 the bliss that comes from ignorance does not 

 last very long. He who is cured of all his ills 

 by the use of Electropoise finds it soon ceases 

 to produce any effect. Then he must have 

 " absent treatment," or whatever comes next 

 after this is exploded; and, once more, what 

 shall our teachers do amid this complexity of 

 fraud and humbug ? 



PF ^ PTC I Ab^NOTJ c Es 



A S200 RED-CLOVER QUEEN AT LAST ! 



We finally have her, and she seenr^ to be fully equal 

 to our old red-clover queen of years ago. The colony 

 of this queen has given one of the most remaikable 

 showings on red clover of any bees we have ever had, 

 notwithstanding the stock has been robbed repeatedly 

 of young larv:e for queen-rearing. The queen in 

 question is an imported one, and, therefore, of the 

 get uine pure leather-colored Italian stock. We have 

 been sendirg out daughters from her all the season, 

 but we had not discovered her value until the clover 

 season, second growth, came on, and then her colony 

 so far outdistanced all the other -l.'iO, that j-he attracted 

 attention at once. We have concludt d we can not sell 

 her daughters untested any more for 75 cents ; but 

 when taken with Gleaning.s we will sell them for 

 91.00; that is, to say we will send Gleaning.s one 

 year, and an untested red-clover queen from this S200 

 mother, forS2 00; a tested queen of this same stock, and 

 Gleanings one year, for S4.00 ; or a select tested and 

 Gleanings for one year, 86 00. These queens will be 

 sold onlj' in connection with Gle.\nings. If you are 

 already a subscriber your sub.scription can be advanc- 

 ed one year, or you can send the journal one year to 

 some friend. 



We expect a great demand for these queens, and 

 therefore can only guarantee that the orders will be 

 filled in rotation, and sent as fast as they are ready to 

 send out. Th se who send orders immediately will 

 stand the best show of getting slock at once. We 

 can not guarantee to supply, this season, select tested 

 stock, as we may not have it, as such queens will nec- 

 essarily be limited, but we think we can furnish all 

 that will be called for. 



It must be understood that these queens are not 



golden yellow, neither are their bees of the five-band- 

 ed stock. They are simply leather-colored Italians 

 whose mother came direct from Italy. Those who de- 

 sire queens of this stock had better get them this sea- 

 son, as the queen may die this winter. At the present 

 time we are setting a^ide some of her choice tested 

 queens for next season, to test for o.ir own use. 



But we have sold hundreds of these same queens, 

 not knowing their value until now, at the regular 

 prices, and there must be hundreds of our subscribers 

 and patrons who have some of this choice stock. 

 You will be able to recognize it by the great gentle- 

 ness, the leather color, and by the fact that it shows a 

 special aptitude for red clover ; and if you measure 

 the tongues of the bees, if they are like that of our 

 breeder you will find that they are extra long. If you 

 have one of these choice queens you had better take 

 particular care of her, as she may be worth much to 

 you in the breeding of choice queens for your own. 

 apiary. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



NO MORE SAGE SEED WANTED. 



Thanks to our California friends, we have received 

 all the sage seed, both black and white, we shall need 

 for the present. In fact, some packages have been, 

 sent us without a word as to who they were from, or 

 telling us how we shall pay for it. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 



This is also just the season for the above. We have 

 a nice stock of seed at 10 cts. per lb, ; 50 lbs. or more, 

 9cts.; 100 lbs. or more, 8 cts. per lb. We can mail a 

 leaflet in regard to its cultivation, on application. 



WHITE AND yellow MULTIPLIER ONIONS. 



These never run up to seed, but simply divide and 

 multiply. The yelk w ones are sometimes called po- 

 tato onions Quart, 20 cts. ; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, 83.50. 

 Thc^e are for the small ones ; large size, one-half the 

 above prices. Either kind may be planted in the fall. 



TOP OR ACORN ONION-SETS. 



These are also now ready to harvest : but I believe 

 that, as a rule, they are not set out till spring. One 

 reason for purchasing now is that they are almost 

 always sold out before spring, and we have grown 

 only a limited quantity this season. Prices, same as 

 for the multiplier sets. 



Add 10 cts. per quart for postage on all onion-sets when, 

 ivanted by mail. 



WINTER OR EGYPTIAN ONION-SETS. 



This is the best season of the year to put them out, in 

 my opinion. Price, quart, 10 cts.; 50 cts. a peck; bushel, 

 11.50. We have both large-sized and small-sized sets. 

 The small ones will, of course, give you a greater 

 number of onions; but the large ones will give you 

 stronger plants. This kind of onion never fails to 

 grow, is never winter-killed, so far as I can learn, and 

 it will hold its own year after year, almost in spite of 

 weeds or any thing else. 



GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE. 



If you are going to grow lettuce under glass, you 

 had better sow soni^ seed in the open air right away 

 now. By the t nie you get strong plants, well rooted 

 and har. ened off by cool fall weatlier, it will be just 

 the right titpe to plant out in beds under sash or in 

 the greenhouse. A very little seed will make you a 

 great lot of plants, and there is probably plenty of 

 ground vacant uow where it is richest and best. In 

 many places there is a good trade for nice lettuce 

 Thanksgiving time ; and between Christmas and New 

 Year's it will sell almost anywhere, when people once 

 get a taste of some grown as it should be. We have a 

 big lot of seed that has been fully tested. An ounce 

 is only 5 cts., and 1 lb. only 50 cts. If wanted by mail, 

 add 1 ct. for the ounce, or 8 cts. for 1 lb. 



POTTED STRAWBERRY-PLANTS. 



So far as I can learn we are the only strawberry- 

 growers in the world who send out potted strawberry- 

 plants by mail postpaid. We do it, as I have frequently 

 explained, by potting them in jadoo fiber. We expect 

 the plants to reach you just as bright and fresh as 

 they are when first taken out of the garden ; and if 

 put out in good soil they should take right hold and 



