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THE bee-kbbpsr's otttde; 



now grown extensively in Michigan and contiguous States for 

 sheep, etc. It pleases the stockmen and the bee-keepers alike. 

 Three pounds per acre of seed is the amount to sow. I have 



Fig. 230. 



Tulip. — Original. 



several times purchased what purported to be Chinese mus- 

 tard, dwarf and tall, but Prof. Beal, than whom there is no 

 better authority, tells me they are only the white and black, 

 and certainly they are no whit better as bee-plants. These 



