The Sour-wood Tree. 



Dear Editor : Being acquainted 

 with ''sour-wood" honey, and, after 

 extensive observation, believing it to 

 be the finest honey 'plant in my knowl- 

 edge both as to the quantity of yield, the 

 flavor, and also as to beauty of appear- 

 ance, I would ask if you cannot furnish 

 a cut of the blossom in your Journal V 

 James W. Shearer. 



Liberty Corner, IST. J. 



The sorrel tree ( Oxydendrum arboreum), 

 so called because of the acidity of the 

 leaves, is a native of the South, but has 



use in the art^. As a honey tree, it is 

 very highly esteemed ; in fact, it is the 

 linden of the South. A. J. Cook. 



A Horse Stung by Bees. — We saw, 

 a few days since, a horse that had been 

 most fearfully stung by bees. His 

 head was swollen to an enormous size, 

 large enough for 2 ok 3 heads. It was 

 caused by bringing the animal in con- 

 tact with the current of bees that were 

 passing to and from their work. The 

 animal obstructed their passage, which 



leaf and bloom of the sour-wood tree. 



been grown even as far north as New 

 York. It often attains no mean dimen- 

 sions in its native home along the 

 Alleghanies, often reaching upward 

 more than 50 feet, and acquiring a 

 diameter of 12 or 15 inches. 



The flowers are arranged in racemes, 

 are white, and with the beautiful foliage 

 make an ornamental tree of high rank. 

 The bark is rough, and the wood so soft 

 as to be worthless, either as fuel or for 



so enraged the little creatures that 

 they attacked him, and when one 

 stung, others smelt the virus and im- 

 mediately a light-brigade-charge was 

 made. T®o much care cannot be exer- 

 cised in keeping stock out of the cur- 

 rent of workers ; otherwise bees seldom 

 attack stock, unless in some way dis- 

 turbed or angered. Turpentine is a 

 good remedy for the sting. — Los Arigeles 

 Star. 



