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"White Gum" in March, another a flow from "White 

 Gum" in November. This is very misleading until we 

 learn that the trees referred to are, in one case "Manna 

 Gum" {E. viminalis) and the other "Cider Gum" {E. 

 Gunnii). Likewise it is confusing to hear one man praise 

 Stringybark honey and another from "over the border" 

 class it as "uneatable." While both samples may have 

 been gathered from ' ' Stringybark ' ' trees, yet they came 

 from different varieties. 



Again, each district has its special favourite for pride 

 of place as "the best honey-tree." Near the Snowy 

 river, in New South Wales, the "Snap" gum is easily 

 first; at York district, Western Australia, the premier 

 trees are the "York" and "Yate" gums; Western 

 District, Victoria, nails its colours to "Eed" Gum' and 

 "Yellow" Box; South Australia declares in favour of 

 "Eed," "White" and "Blue" gums, but the "Coolibah" 

 {E. microtheca) of Queensland is not to be despised, and 

 beautiful honey is gathered from the Clover of South 

 Gippsland, New Zealand, and Tasmania. 



With all these differences the reader can rest assured 

 that the following particulars are gathered from the 

 author 's own experience and an extensive correspondence 

 with professional apiarists situated throughout the 

 Commonwealth. There is no hearsay about it. To make 

 the information as concise as possible the honey-plants 

 are given in alphabetical order. The nomenclature 

 adopted by the Victorian Plant Names Committee is used 

 in many instances, not in all, for the simple reason that 

 the labours of the Committee are not yet ended. Under 

 the head of Eucalypts will be found some further informa- 

 tion dealing with the vagaries of the indigenous flora. 



The Wattles are often named as the national flowers, 

 and because of their wide distribution throughout the 

 Continent, are selected to head the list of plants valuable 

 for honey-bees. The earliest blooming variety is the 

 " Cootamundra, " yielding a profusion of blossom and 

 a great supply of golden pollen from June onwards; also 

 it is a quick grower as a wind break. Mr. Pender, of 



