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June Honey Plants. 



The mustards bloom for four weeks, rape for three. These 

 are all specially commendable, as they may be made to 

 bloom during the honey dearth of July and August, and 

 are valuable plants to raise for seed. Rape seems to be 



Fig. 165. 



Tttlit, 



very attractive to insects, as the flea beetles and the blister 

 beetles are often quite too much for it, though they do not 

 usually destroy the plants till after they have blossomed. 



