CJ1REY Sf HART have Recently Published 

 THE AMERICAN 



FLOWER-GARDEN DIRECTORY; 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THF. CULTURE OP PLANTS IN THE FLOW- 

 ER-GARDEN, HOT-HOUSE, GREEN-HOUSE, ROOMS, OR PARLOUR WIN- 

 DOWS, FOR EVERY MONTH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; WITH A 

 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTS MOST DESIRABLE IN EACH, THE 

 NATURE OF THE SOIL, &C. 



TO WHICH ARE ADDED 



Full Directions for the Culture of tie Grope Vine, with a Descrip- 

 tive List oj the most choice Varieties, and those best 

 adapted for culture in the open air. 



SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. 

 BY ROBERT BUIST, 



NURSERYMAN AND FLORIST. 



In 1 vol. 8vo. 



"This differs from most of the American works on gardening, in being an 

 original composition from beginning to end It is most judiciously adapted 

 to the country in which it. is published; and the author, R. Buist, of Philadel- 

 phia, is one of the best cultivators in the United States. There is no Ameri- 

 can work that we know of, at all to be compared with it in point of useful- 

 ness." Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. 



THE HONEY BEE, 



ITS NATURAL HISTORY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND MANAGEMENT: 

 BY EDWARD BEVAN, M. D. 



CAREFULLY REPRINTED FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION. 



"With. Thirty-Five Engravings* 



Complete in One Volume Octavo. For Thirty-one Cents. 



CONTENTS. The History and Physiology of the Bee The Apiary The 

 Bee House Pasturage Honey dew The Purchase of Bees Bee boxes- 

 Bee hives Unicomb and Leaf hives Storify ing and Collateral hiving Com- 

 parative advantages of Double and Single hiving Bee dress and other Api- 

 arian appurtenances Swarming Symptoms prior to Swarming Hiving of 

 Swarms Driving and Dislodging Bees Uniting Swarms or Stocks Super 

 and Nadir hiving Feeding "Bees Diseases of Bees Enemies of Bees- 

 Transportation of the Bee Exotic Bees Honey Harvest Manipulation of 

 Honey and Wax Honey Wax Mead The Anatomy of Bees Senses of 

 Bees Instincts of Bees On the Architecture of Bees An Inquiry into the 

 Source and Nature of Beeswax Pollen Propolis Importance of Bees to the 

 Fructification of Flowers. 



"Dr. Bevan's may be considered the standard work on pur Domestic Bee 

 He has exhausted every source of information on the subject, whether from 

 old writers or living auihorities. A glance at his table of contents will show 

 the various subjects into which his inquiries branch out, &c. Where will the 

 bee master find more pleasing or satisfactory information)" London Quar- 

 terly Review. 



