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has artistically attempted something quite original, and has 

 successfully garnered a valuable collection of interesting data 

 about Australasian plants and many exotics of value to 

 Apiculture. It forms a unique work, treated in an artistic 

 manner, while devoid as far as possible of technical and 

 scientific terms, but which makes it of greater interest to the 

 majority of readers. After explaining the misunderstandings 

 among bee-keepers due to the confusing nomenclature of the 

 native trees, the author gives a short list of our Wattles 

 (Acacias) — which provide rich food for the rearing of the 

 young bees — and then a lengthy section dealing with native and 

 exotic plants, with period of florescence, quality and quantity 

 of honey and pollen produced, while even the various colours 

 are recorded. 



Perhaps the portion devoted to the Euealypts — from which 

 by far the greatest quantity of Australian honey is produced — 

 forms the most remarkable feature of the book. No one has 

 previously attempted to compile such a comprehensive tabulation ; 

 so I specially commend this section, and can confidently 

 recommend this textbook to every lover of bees and honey. 



W. S. PENDER, 



West Maitland, N.S.W. 



