TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES.
1. Colchian Honey.
REV. W. BALLENTINE, A. M.
This letter includes a quotation from Professor Wilson's botany.
The copy of this quotation contains many errors.
These are listed below and have been corrected in this eBook.
Apochynoceæ, should read Apocynaceæ.
dog-bones, should read dog's-bane.
astychine, should read strychnine.
strychinea, should read strychnia.
Strychorea, should read Strychnos.
Heroclea, should read Heraclea.
Æglatherem, should read Ægolethron.
Liculus, should read Siculus.
Tournefoil, should read Tournefort.
mischevous, should read mischievous.
Neriun, should read Nerium.
(apocyhnaceæ), should read Apocynaceæ.
Rhodaraceæ, should read Rhodoraceæ.
narctoic, should read narcotic.
2. J. W. Winder.
Thibodaux, La., Feb. 10, 1881.
“as well as heads of white clover are
pushing out their lovely forms to the...”
The word ‘that’ has been added.
“as well as heads of white clover that are
pushing out their lovely forms to the...”
3. From Florida.—The BEE JOURNAL
is at hand; we do not know how we could do without it.
The past [time-period missing. Year/Month/Season?] has been a
very good honey season here. Left as original.
4. “Everything should be kept ready and in
order. He gave an estimate of produce in...”
Word ‘an’ inserted.
5. “We can furnish Emerson's Binders, gilt lettered on
the back, for American Bee Journal for =1890=,...”.
This looks like an error. This issue is for March, 1881.
Left as original.
6. Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors.
7. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.