1911 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Annual Catalog Review 



Continued from Feb. 1 



As is our usual custom we give below a partial list of catalogs 

 and booklets received from our advertisers and others within the 

 last few weeks. The purpose of our brief review of each of these 

 publications is that readers of Gleanings in Bee Culture may 

 have before them a condensed list which will give an idea of the 

 contents of catalogs issued by manufacturers of articles and goods 

 in which they may be Interested. Needless to say. we encourage 

 all such to send direct to the person or firm whose name is given 

 for a catalog or booklet, which may be studied in leisure moments. 



It is also our suggestion that, whenever a purchase is contem- 

 plated, two or three catalogs pertaining to the one subject be asked 

 for. With well-printed, beautifully illustrated, and thoroughly de- 

 scriptive books such as those before us at the time this review is 

 written, the prospective buyer is seemingly transposed from his 

 comfortable position beside the fireside to a great market-place 

 where a large variety of goods are arranged for his careful inspec- 

 tion, and trained salesmen await his call to explain the merits of 

 their wares in a pleasing and understandable way. 



In writing, it is, of course, advisable that you mention Glean- 

 ings IN Bee Culture; and if you will do this you will find every 

 person or concern whose name appears below quite ready to give 

 your request the prompt attention it will deserve. 



To the best of our knowledge and belief, each of the following 

 booklets and catalogs is put out by a reputable house such as we 

 would advise our readers to deal with: 



SEEDS, PLANTS, NURSERY STOCK. 



Shumway's Catalog of " Good Seeds ; " 56 pages with cover in 

 colors: quotes prices on small and large quantities of reliable seeds 

 produced and sold by the well-known house of R. H. Shumway. 

 Rockford, 111. 



John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y.— Annual Catalog of spe- 

 cialties and novelties in seeds, bulbs, and plants. A 32-page book 

 with cover in colors. 



The 1911 Spring Catalog of H. H. Berger * Co., 70 Warren St., 

 New York — a very pretty little book of a rather different nature 

 from the average seed catalog. It lists a number of novelties not 

 usually offered. It has 80 pages, some in colors, with prettily col- 

 ored cover. 



Catalog of Strawberry-plants, issued by W. W. Thomas, "the 

 strawberry-plant man," Anna, Ills. A well-printed little book de- 

 voted to a specialty, and published by a grower who has achieved 

 considerable success. 



The 1911 Guide for the Farm and Garden, published by T. W. 

 Wood cfc Sons, Richmond, Va : an 88-page catalog, listing and de- 

 scribing a complete line of field and garden seed? . 



Catalog of Plants, \'ines. and Trees, issued by Green's Nursery 

 Co., Rochester, N. Y.; an annual publication by the well-known 

 nurseryman C. A. Green, who publishes Green's Fruit Grower — a 

 very useful book to all engaged In fruit culture to any extent. 



Flowers for Springtime. The 1911 catalog of flower and garden 

 seeds. Issued by Miss Mary E. Martin, Jericho Road, Floral Park, 

 N. Y.; 64 pages with colored cover. 



The 24th Annual Catalog of Olds' Seeds for Farm and Garden, 

 issued by the L. L. Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wi.s.; a book of 

 8H pages, which lists and describes a very complete line of seeds for 

 field and garden. It specializes upon potatoes and field seeds of a 

 high pedigree. It also contains a descriptive price fist of imple- 

 ments and poultry-supplies. Nicely printed with a novel colored 

 cover. 



The 1911 Catalog of the Germain Seed and Plant Co., Los Ange- 

 les, Cal. This is one of the most attractive catalogs we have re- 

 ceived this year. It is prettily printed, with colored plates, 112 

 pages, with cover in true-to-life colors. It specializes seeds and 

 plants native to California and the far West. It contains a sowing- 

 table and much useful and Interesting information on novelty 

 seeds and plants. 



The 1911 Seed Annual of D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., is an 

 interesting and attractive book of 98 pages, containing colored 

 plates and prettily printed colored cover. It describes and quotes 

 prices on an extensive line of seeds grown and sold by this well- 

 known house. 



Rich Land Nurseries. Rochester, N. Y. Annual catalog of 

 fruit and ornamental trees, roses, shrubs, etc. : 32 pages and cover. 



Peter Henderson A- Co., 35—37 Cortlandt St., New York; 1911 cata- 

 log of every thing for the garden; a 200page book of unusual ele- 

 gance and completeness. 



Wm. Rennie Co., Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, 

 Canada. Handsome catalog of one of the leading Dominion seed- 

 houses. Will be greatly appreciated by our Canadian friends 

 Ninety-six pages. Well illustrated. Cover in colors. 



"Novelties in Trees, Shrubs, Roses, and Hardy Plants," is the 

 title of a 24-page illuslrated booklet issued by Ellwanger A- Barry 

 world-famous horticulturists, Rochester. N. Y. Many beautifui 

 specimens of ornamental trees, shrubs, and plants are cataloged in 

 this brief circular which announces a complete general catalog for 

 the asking. 



Keepers 



IN . 



A Seasonable 

 Suggestion : 



Send for Our 

 1911 Catalog 



We make 

 it our business 

 to get the 

 best possible 

 goods 



(Root Quality) 

 to you in 

 the quickest 

 possible 

 time at a 

 low freight 

 expense. 



We 



also 

 sell 

 Berry- 

 Baskets. 



M.H.Hunt 



& Son 



Lansing, Mich. 



Opposite Lake Shore Depot 



