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crowfoot, crown imperial, cucumber, currants, Cyprus, daffodil, 

 dandelion, dogberry, elder, elm, endive, fennel, furze, golden-rod, 

 gooseberry, gourd, hawthorn, hazel, heath, holly, hollyhock 

 (trumpet), honeysuckle, honeywort (cerinthe), hyacinth, hyssop, ivy, 

 jonquil, kidney bean, laurel, laurustinus, lavender, leek, lemon, 

 lily (water), lily (white), lime, linden (bass-wood), liquidamber, 

 liriodendron, locust, lucerne, mallow (marsh), marigold (French), 

 marigold (single), maple, marjoram (sweet), mellilot, melons, 

 mezereon, mignionette, mustard, nasturtium, nectarine, nettle 

 (white), oak, onion, orange, ozier, parsnip, pea, peach, pear, 

 peppermint, plane, plum, poplar, poppy, primrose, privet, 

 radish, ragweed, raspberry, rosemary (wild), roses (single), rud- 

 beckiae, saffron, sage, saintfoin, St. John's wort, savory (winter), 

 snowdrop, snowberry, stock (single), strawberry, sunflower, syca- 

 more, squash, tansy (wild), tare, teasel, thistles, thyme (lemon), 

 thyme (wild), trefoil, turnip, vetch, violet (single), wallflower 

 (single), woad, willow-herb, willow tree, yellow weasel-snout." 



OTJR COUNTRY NOT IN DANGER OF BEING OVERSTOCKED 

 WITH BEES. 



If the opinions commonly entertained on the danger 

 of overstocking are correct, bee-keeping must, in this 

 country, be always an insignificant pursuit. 



It is difficult to repress a smile when the owner of a 

 few hives, hi a district where as many hundreds might be 

 made to prosper, gravely imputes his ill-success to the fact, 

 that too many bees are kept in his vicinity. If, in the 

 Spring, a colony of bees is prosperous and healthy, it 

 will gather abundant stores, in a favorable season, even 

 if hundreds equally strong are in its immediate vicinity ; 

 while, if it is feeble, it will be of little or no value, even 

 if it is in " a land flowing with milk and honey," and 

 there is not another stock within a dozen miles of it. 



As the great Napoleon gained many of his victories by 

 having an overwhelming force at the right place, in the 

 right time, so the bee-keeper must have strong colonies, 



