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side — although in my own small beds the differences 

 had been sufficiently conspicuous. 



We have yet to apply the. numerous facts and 

 natural laws we have considered to Practical Apiculture, 

 which has utilities beyond those generally supposed ; 

 and we can now see the wisdom of Girard's remark, 

 that "all money thrown out of the window, in en- 

 couraging apiculture, will come in again by the door, 

 with heavy interest." My sketch, which does not 

 cover the ground, but yet, I hope, dots it with illus- 

 trations that may illumine the rest, must be regarded 

 as completed. And it leaves us here. The bee, with 

 all its wonderfulness, is only one wheel within many : she 

 takes to truly give, for seeds, flowers, and fruits, follow 

 in her train. Her honey is but a fraction of the 

 results of her labours. Man has had tiny helpers that 

 he knew not of. While he, for seasons, has selected 

 and hybridised, they, for ages, have, with their 

 little powers, toiled along, perpetuating every move- 

 ment of the world of flowers towards the beautiful. 

 Flowers, yours is equal wonder and equal praise ; 

 for dimly through you both I see that the praise is 

 not yours at all, saying with Tennyson : 



' ' Flower in the crannied wall, 

 I pluck you out of the crannies ; — - 

 Hold you here, root and all, in my hand, 

 Little flower; — but if I could understand 

 What you are, root and all, and all in all, 

 I should know what God and man is." 



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