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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15 



■buildings, and in the cellars under iheir residences. 

 One man in the neighborhood has been in the business 

 four or five years, and has not yet had a poor season. 

 From the first house he tilled this fall, holding six 

 carloads of manure, he cut 350 lbs. in three days and 

 received 80 cts. per pound for them. All the houses 

 are built above ground. 



One of our neighbors has about 40,000 carnation 

 plants in his hothouses at present. Some of the 

 greenhorns here have as good success as the experts. 

 It seems to be due to the nature of the soil, in this lo- 

 cality. H. P. Fatjcett. 



Brandy wine Summit, Pa.. Nov. 26. 



Friend F., we are all exceedingly glad to 

 learn that mushroom-growing is a success, 

 at least in some places, after all; and one of 

 the encouraging things about your report is 

 that the greenhorns, as you call the novices, 

 are succeeding al)out as well as experts. I 

 hope to be able to make you a visit in the 

 near future, and write the matter up for the 

 benefit of our readers who are following 

 high-pressure gardening. 



J. W. DAY, THE AUTHOR OF THE TOMATO- 

 BOOK, AND WHEKE HE LIVES. 



Our older readers will remember my de- 

 scription of my visit to friend Day when the 

 first edition of the tomato-book was sent out. 

 Daring the correspondence that was called 

 forth in preparing the second edition of the 

 book just out, friend Day sent us a very nice 

 photo of his home as it appears at the pres- 

 ent time, and we submit it to our readers. 



You will notice that our friend and his 

 good wife have an eye for flowers and a 



handsome dooryard as well as for fine peaches 

 and choice tomatoes. The vines in front of 

 the porch are not connected directly with 

 the porch. In fact, some of us know by ex- 

 perience that such heavy foliage is detrimen- 

 tal to the woodwork. They are arranged on 

 a trellis several feet in front of the building. 

 In regard to the picture, friend Day sends 

 the following description of it: 



Friend Root:— My wife says the vines on the arches 

 in front of our house, beginning at the left arch, are 

 variegated hops ; on the second side are some kudzu 

 vines; on the third and fourth are white moon-vines; 

 fifth and sixth arches are blue moon-vines with some 

 Madeira-vines. All these vines are annuals. 



The two beds of flowers in front of the house are 

 round, and about 16 ft. in diameter. The center set are 

 thre(- dwarf cannas of different colors; around this is 

 a band of salvias, then geraniums, then pinks and 

 carnations, then a band or circle of ageratums; and 

 last, or outside, are verbenas of all colors. We en- 

 deavor to have the tallest flowers in the center, and 

 the lowest at the outer edge. This exposes every 

 flower, and all these flowers are constantly blooming 

 from early spring till late in fall. The tall trees 

 around the house are black locust. We now have 

 lightning-rods on the house. The arches stand four 

 feet from the porch, and are about 30 inches across. 

 The lawn is mostly Bermuda grass. 



Crystal Springs, Miss. J. W. Day. 



I am glad to know the kudzu vines do bet- 

 ter in the South than here in Ohio. Our 

 readers may remember I mentioned this 

 some two years ago. The plant grew so 

 rapidly that we called it "Jack's beanstalk." 

 In our locality none of them lived over win- 

 ter, although they made an astonishing 

 growth during the first summer. 



SOUTHERN HOME AND RESIDEN< E oF ,1. W. DAY, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MISS. 



