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age, and seldom get to be more than twenty feet 

 high. 



A grove of basswood started as a preliminary is 

 also just the thing for your bee quarters. It makes 

 a capital shade in a very short time. You cannot be- 



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A Country Home of From Five to Ten Acres 

 More. This Will Allow for Diversity as 

 Well as More Privacy. 



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gin too quickly to supply food for these busy little 

 helpers. The common locust and the so-called 

 honey locust, or gleditschia, are also first-class bee- 

 feeders, and very rapid growers for making shade. 

 I like these rich flowering trees that give an abund- 



