Ott. 1, 1911 



597 



Fig. 2 shows a twig 

 of this tree in bloom, 

 the blossoms being 

 similar to those of 

 the other species. 

 Each ball of blos- 

 soms contains both 

 buds and llowers, all 

 of which do not open 

 at once, several davs 

 being required until 

 they are out. Of 

 course there are oth- 

 er balls of buds in 

 all stages of develop- 

 ment on each twig, 

 so that the ti'ne of 

 bloom is i)rolonged. 

 In tlie ojien flowers 

 shown, Ihe nectar 

 collects in such great 

 quantities ihat one 

 or more bees may 

 gather a load on just 

 one ball. 'I'lie sta- 

 mens, or i)olleii-pro- 

 ducers, of the ball of 

 blossoms protrude 

 around the open 

 buds. 



This twig does not 

 represent the bear- 

 ing tree, but is very 

 similar to it, al- 

 though the latter 

 forms its fruit or 

 berries without 

 bloom, save a small 

 thin shuck about 

 the end of the berry, 

 with occasionally a 

 pistil protruding. 

 The flowering tree 

 sheds its bloom, and 

 continues its g'owth 

 without bearing 

 fruit. 



THE WHITE TUPELO. 



E. G. Baldwin, p. 

 175, March 15, gives 

 a short description of 

 this plant or tree, but 

 says that it is confined to the swamps lying 

 along the Apalachicola and Chipola rivers. 

 I think that it really is more general in the 

 Southeast than is usually supposed, because 

 it grows in remote ]3laces along large streams 

 where swamps either are not so dense, are 

 covered with other forest trees, or are tlried 

 up and free from mud. 



The bark of this tree is smoother and 

 lighter is color, and the wooil is much softer 

 than the other varieties of tupelo. The tree 

 also grows larger, and contains more 

 branches, so that it is a greater honey-plant. 

 The blossoms are similar to that of the scrub 

 tupelo, but the honey has a yellow hue, and 

 is more highly flavored. 



I have never known or heard of tupelo 

 honey granulating; but it gets very thick 

 during cold weather. The nectar from these 



Fig. ' 

 soms. 



A sprig of scrub tupelo, showing ttie shape of the leaves and blos- 



flowers is so plentiful that bees can harvest 

 a vast amount of it in a short time; but the 

 high dry winds may carry otTa great portion 

 of it as fast as it collects, which fact accounts 

 for failures in the tupelo region. A. B. Mar- 

 chant, who is an extensive producer of this 

 honey, has said that this is the most delicate 

 honey-plant in the South. 

 Cordele, Ga. 



SMOKING BY RULE IMPRACTICAL. 



BY J. A. BEARDEN. 



S. D. Chapman, page 435, July 15, offers 

 some new ideas. For instance, he suggests 

 that the bees should be placed in such a po- 

 sition that they will face the smoke as it is- 

 sues from the smoker; but as they do not 



