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enough honey to store in the supers. At Mildura, 

 Victoria, there are some splendid specimens. Considered 

 a good honey-tree in America. 



Chicory, {Cichorimn intyhus). A plant not unlike 

 the Parsnip and cultivated as a commercial crop in 

 portions of the Australian States, Phillip Island off the 

 Victorian coast especially. Chicory yields very well 

 during showery weather. 



Cape Broom, {Cytisus canariensis, Stendel). A native 

 of the Canary Islands, now a pest in some Australian 

 States, and like the English broom, is a proclaimed plant; 

 both varieties yield pale honey in spring. It is some- 

 times planted as a hedge, and the yellow papilionaceous 

 flowers are very conspicuous. Being a leguminous plant 

 it enriches the soil with nitrogen. 



Cotton Bush, {Adriana acerifolia). Blooms from 

 beginning of September until first week in November, and 

 is valuable for pollen in Western Australia. 



Clematis, (Clematis aristata). Sometimes called 

 "Supplejack." A native climber found throughout the 

 Australian bush. It has a striking appearance hanging 

 in festoons from the ' ' scrub. ' ' In some States the bee- 

 keepers have been able to trace a greenish-tinted honey 

 to the flowers of" the Clematis. One of the species has 

 a profusion of creamy star-like flowers, and another has 

 pretty bell-shaped blossoms tinted with purple and 

 splashed with dark-coloured dots. Blooms about 

 September in Victoria. In Queensland one of the Supple- 

 jacks has a small verdant flower and yields the greenish 

 honey during the months of November and December. 



Clematis, (microphylla) is another variety of the 

 above Supplejack. The mountain streams of the Aus- 

 tralian Alps present magnificent pictures of white 

 Clematis during October. Bees work strongly on it, too. 



Cape Weed, (Cryptostemma calendulaceum, K. Br.). 

 A native of Soutlr Africa introduced to Western Australia 

 as early as 1836 and now spread over the entire Aus- 

 tralian Continent. Its bright yellow flowers bear a large 

 quantity of pollen vivid orange in colour during the 



