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dark honey, but very good for stimulative feeding. The date- 

 palms (species of Phoenix), and many others, grow magnifi- 

 cently in California, and are valuable aids to the bee-keeper. 

 The growing of date-palms promises a rich harvest in Califor- 

 nia and Arizona. 



JUNE PLANTS. 



With June comes the incomparable white or Dutch clover 

 (Trifolium repens), (Fig. 214), whose chaste and modest bloom 

 betokens the beautiful, luscious, and unrivaled sweets which 



Fig. 214. 



White or Dutch Clover. 



are hidden in its corolla-tube ; also its sister, Alsike or Swedish 

 clover (Trifolium hybridum), (Fig. 215), which seems to 

 resemble both the white and red clover, is now beautiful and 

 fragrant. This is not a hybrid, as its name would suggest. 

 It is a stronger grower than the white, and has a whitish 

 blossom tinged with pink. Mr. Doolittle says the honey is 

 often a little off-color, and its presence may so tinge basswood 

 honey as to make it second grade. Messrs. Doolittle and Root 

 think that white clover furnishes about fifty pounds of honey 

 to the acre during the season. I am sure that Alsike may 

 furnish much more than this, and I believe the same is true of 



