A BUNCH OF HERBS 



nectar from, so far as I have observed, are 

 arbutus, dicentra, sugar maple, locust,' and 

 linden. Non- fragrant flowers that yield 

 honey are those of the raspberry, clematis, 

 sumac, bugloss, ailanthus, goldenrod, aster,' 

 fleabane. A large number of odorless 

 plants yield pollen to the bee. There is 

 nectar in the columbine, and the bumblebee 

 sometimes gets it by piercing the spur from 

 the outside, as she does with the dicentra. 

 There ought to be honey in the honey- 

 suckle, but I have never seen the hive bee 

 make any attempt to get it. 



WEEDS 



One is tempted to say that the most 

 liuman plants, after all, are the weeds. 

 How they cling to man and follow him 

 around the world, and spring up wherever 

 he sets his foot ! How they crowd around 

 his barns and dwellings, and throng his gar- 

 den and jostle and override each other in 

 their strife to be near him ! Some of them 

 are so domestic and familiar, and so harm- 

 less withal, that one comes to regard them 

 with positive affection. Motherwort, cat- 

 nip, plantain, tansy, wild mustard, — what 

 a homely human look they have ! they are 



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