The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-12

Of a great deal Of annoyance, causing
me TO climb trees, saw of limbs. and
perform other dangerous and disagr, ca
Die fe4ts, far better suited 10 the gymua-
sum than 20 the apiary. No wonder
bacame Disguised with this old fossil
lied, mOss-grown method OF handling
bees
50 this year I took step forward and
began prRcticing the new method OF
dividing and artificial swsrming, by
I which method l not only saved my
trees from designation. and my limos
from a possible worse fate but secured
a more than two-ioid yield in proper
I ton to the number Of col lnies kept and
doubling The number Is / had done the
| previous year by the swarning method.
! Judging from an experiment made the
I past season, / believe l can take ten
good strong colonies Of bees in this
I locality, where the average is from
nothing Up to fifty or sixty pounds prr
colony. OF e good season, treble the
nm Der and procure 200 pounds ofcomb
honey per colony, spring count.-COrr.
An eric az Bee Journal.
The impression seems 70 prevail that
growing piants in the house are iniuri-
Gus 70 health, and We know OF Iany
instances where they have been turned
out vi doors simply because their influ-
euce on the atmosphere was considered
dele.t r.cus. This conclusion seems
vsry strange when We JaSe into consii-
GRAFTON the fact. that but Tor vegetation
We could not exist az all.
The leaves Of plants. trees aud shrubs
purify the atmosphere upon which we
suosist, restoring it 10 lis normal condi
ton. rendering II healthy and salubri
Gus when Yltiated by the breath cfani-
n as The plants ieed upon that in
the living room that is Injurious TO Is.
add n return gives Us an atmosphere
adapted - our necessities. Ii IS by no
means uncommon 10 hear this objection
raised against plants by him VINO Is
cons .antiy poisoning the atmosphere |
with tobacco smoke. While we are /
Confident the plant in the living room /
does lar more good than harm, We are /
also confident that the moral influence /
the gersnium exerts upon the house 1
hold Is far greater than that which |
evolves from an old pipe, or even the 1
best Havana cigar.
such experiments as have been made /
10 test this matter have been directed 4
rather 20 the discovery of the amount 1
OF carbonic acid given off by plants at
night than 10 the general composition
Of the air of the rooms in which they
loNAAEA- rs VI no
sufficient reason has ever been assigned
for the excluding plants from rooms,
though il is well understood that some
exhaling certain powerful
0iors for instance-should not be kept
in bed or other rooms, unless the part
nents are wrN ventilated. The cues
hon, so far as the production of carbonic
lcid is concerned, is of little moment.
or the quantity of that gas given off
Turing q night BY any conceivable
number Of plants likely TO be placed in
! room is so small rs 10 be practically
harmless. On the contrary. il mas been
proved that Towering plants are health
PRODUCERS. owing to the amount OF
zone generated by them, and il has
zen asserted that, however produced, I
here seems no difference of opinion as
D the value of ozone in our atmosphere, :
Or the ma jOrity OF chemists are agreed /
hat II = The great purifier, and not one 4
ttrbutss 70 itany deieteri0us influence I
As still other testimony II may be Z
lated that an association of Uharmac a
'ts in Paris. discussing the question o. 4
ne influence Of plants in bed rooms a
pom the health OF the occupants. the .
1nclusiOn arrived at was, that plants
re beneficial, especially TO cOnsump-
YES. plants without flowers being
-eferabie TO those in bloom. Then do
d be afraid of plants, either in living :,
sleeping-roOms. They are healthful :
the occupants rather than otherwise. q