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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 Ma}' 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 Rosaceae family. Our beautiful American wista- 



FlG. 



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. 



