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ing of attention for its ornamental qualities alone. This 
blooms from March to May, according to the latitude. 
The poplars—not the tulip—also bloom in April, and are 
freely visited by the bees. The wood is immaculate, and 
is used for too'hpicks and sections for comb honey. 
In California, the unique and exquisite Manzanitas (spe- 
cies of Arctostaphylos), together with the willows and 
many other flowering plants, keep the bees busy from 
January till May. 
MAY PLANTS. 
In May we have the grand sugar maple, Acer saccha- 
rinum (Fig. 148), incomparable for beauty, also all our 
various fruit trees, peach, cherry, plum, apple, etc.; in fact 
all the Rosacee family. Our beautiful American wista- 
Fic. 149. 
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American Wistaria, 
ria, Wistaria frutescens (Fig. 149), the very ornamental 
climber, or the still more lovely Chinese wistaria, Wista- 
ria sinensis (Fig. 150), which has longer racemes than the 
native, and often blossoms twice in the season. These are 
the woody twiners for the apiarist. I regret to say that 
neither one is hardy in Michigan. 
