Sept. 1. 1911 



Growing Vegetables 

 under Glass — 



is a pleasant and profitable div^ersion. At 

 a very small exjjense a hotbed, or miniature green- 

 house, can be erected; and, with a little care and 

 attention, will yield a rich har^•est. 



Lettuce from Your Own Gar- 

 den for Christmas Dinner ! 



is a possibility, and other delicious vege- 

 tables, too, can be quickly matured under glass 

 regardless of weather conditions. 



The preparation of a winter garden is very sim- 

 pl'-, and the cost of the few necessities almost not 

 worth figuring. 



Buy hot-bed sash from us and we will gladly 

 give you all the information you desire. 



ROOT cold-frames, or hot-bed sash, are made of cyj)ress 

 — the wood that will not decay— and every possible care is 

 taken to make our sash show high quality of workmanship. 

 These sash are usually shipped knocked down, at a low rate 

 of freight, and can be put together by anybody. The regular 

 size is three feet and four inches by six feet, and each sash 

 holds twenty-eight panes of glass. 



PlilCE of one sash in the flat for sample, without glass, 

 90 cts.; five in the flat, 85 cts. each; ten in the flat, 80 cts. 

 each: put together, 10 cts. each extra. Glass, 8x10, just right 

 for the above, 83.00 per box of 90 lights; five boxes. §2.80; ten 

 boxes, S2.70 each. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio 



Bee-keepers who Have 



THOROUGHBRED 



CHICKENS 



and want to sell eggs and stock at good prices 



should use space under the POULTRY 



heading in the 



Classified Pages 



In proportion to the cost it is doubtful if any other 



medium offers as good an ojiportunity for 



profitable returns on such offerings as 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



Read this from one of our satisfied advertisers : 



" I will say that what little advertising 

 we did In GLEANINGS has brought us 

 about all the business we can attend 

 to this season," 



— and others say the same. 



Read the POULTRY advertisements yourself. 

 Read Mr. A. I. Root's talks on CHICKENS— ad- 

 vertise in GLEANINGS, and GET results. 



Announcement 



We wish to announce 

 that we will look after the 

 trade of the late (ieo. E. 

 Hilton, Fremont, Mich., 

 and wish to assure his 

 customers that we will 

 give their orders our spe- 

 cial attention. 



We will carry the Hil- 

 ton chaflF hive and super 

 in stock together with our 

 comi)lete stock of Root's 

 Goods. 



We will place a limited 

 number of dealers in that 

 section of the State at 

 points which will best 

 supply Northern and 

 Western Michigan. 



In combining the two 

 stocks of goods, we find 

 that we are overstocked 

 with seasonable sup])lies. 

 We shall be ])leased to 

 quote you special prices 

 on the goods you need. 

 This includes shipping- 

 cases and five -gallon 

 cans. 



We always buy bees- 

 wax and honey. What 

 have you to offer ? 



M. H. HUNT 

 &SON 



Lansing, Michigan 



General Agents in Michigan 

 for Root's Goods 



