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low-box {E. melli- 

 (loia), luid giay-btix 

 [E. Iwmiphloia) . 



liox-lreos {'!). — 

 Sliort-fiberod and 

 roiigb, persisting- It) 

 the topmost. Typical 

 i])eeiniens, apple-box 

 (K. ittuartUnui) , and 

 led box {E. polyan- 

 I lie III OS.) 



Stringy - bark.— 

 Bark tliick, soft, and 

 long-tibered, not un- 

 like c-oeoanut tiber, 

 (H>inj)letely covering 

 trunk and branches. 

 Typical specimens, 

 messmate {E. ob- 

 lique) and Gipjisland 

 stringy-bark {E. ea- 

 geuioides). 



Iron-bark. — Hark 

 hard, brittle, dark, 

 with deep furrows. 

 Typical specimens, 

 led iron-bark {E. 

 siilerojylon.) 



There are hundreds 

 of species, some with 

 a habitat extending 

 over the five states, 

 so that every week 

 produces a honey- 

 crop in some .portion 

 of Australia. The 

 color of the neelar 

 varies from water- 

 white (p. g.] box) to 

 a d a rk vandyke 

 brown almost as 

 deep as the color of 



buckwheat honey {e. g., stringy-bark). 

 Each little district has its special favorite 

 species for pride of place as a honey-pro- 

 ducer. You cannot imagine the honey re- 

 sources of the province of Gippsland in 

 ^'ictoria. From where this is written the eye 

 may travel over the tumbling contours of 

 sixty miles of mountains clothed with un- 

 lirokeii virgi-i forest containing many spe- 

 cies (if eucalyptus. In this mighty sylvan 



Tlif s'l'iiti'ee grows everywhere throughout Australia. 



expanse, pulsating with the majesty of God, 

 and permeated Avith the wonderful odor of 

 growing trees, tliere are but two bee farm- 

 ers. Adventurers'? Yes, and one of whom is 

 your humble servant. 



Briagolong", Victoria, Aust. 



[This is the first of a series of three articles by 

 Mr. Rayment on certain important pollen and nec- 

 t;;i- yicldinir plants of Australia. The second arti- 

 cle will appear in the next number. — El).| 



THE BITTER HONEY OF THE SNEEZE WEED 



r.V H. A. MOODY 



Last September 1 wrote Gr.K.wi.vus that tic of all true bee-luvers, Mr. Herman IMculy 



some t»f my supei-s were full of beautiful of ^'orpns Christ i. Texas, wrote me that he 



bright-yellow iioney, too bitter for eating. once had some liilter honey, gathcied from 



Inspired by that fniternalspii it cliaracteris- a tree called 'Ma Jietama," wliich he re- 



