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wood." These grow finely in sandy or gravelly soils but are 

 not favorable to wet, heavy lands. Drainage is the only thing 

 that would induce them to do well in the heavy soils. Their 

 beauty of coloring, in the fall, is equal to their charm in spring. 

 Shortly after the Dogwood, come the flowers of the abundant 

 blooming "Black Locust," so-called. This is one of the greatest 

 honey producers. (See Photo 123). 



Photo 123 

 The Black Locust in Flower. 



A WOEFUL MISTAKE. 



I came to this country (Northern Ohio) in 1873. In the 

 late spring and early summer months "all Nature teemed with 

 delightful existence." Bees were buzzing and humming on all 

 hands. The wild bees were yet in abundance in the hollow trees 

 of the native woodlands, but as the forests yielded to the brutal 

 ax, the "bee hunter" "got a corner" on the busy, beneficial, but 

 helpless little creatures, and to-day there is scarcely a colony of 

 wild bees to be found in a single county in Ohio. At the same 

 time, epidemics have spread among the domestic bees, and we 



