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MONEY IN BEES IN AUSTRALASIA 



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both pollen and honey. The latter is secreted in such 

 quantities that it bursts open the florets of the gorgeous 

 velvet-red cluster. Tuis and other birds — also insects — 



carry the ])ollen to effect 

 cross fertilisation. The 

 wood, which has a pretty 

 speckled grain, is reconi- 

 niended for ornamental 

 work. The clustei-s of 

 tubular flower buds are 

 not unlike those of the 

 Qaeenslajid Silky Oak in 

 appearance. 





S^ECoiLEO Petals 



CliJstei^ of 

 iJt^oPEHED FlovJei^s Of 



Scent Plants. Some 

 ]3lants are extensively 

 grown for scent-making 

 and it would undoubtedly 

 assist the apicultural in- 

 dustry if the scent-distill- 

 ing industry were placed 

 on a firm basis. The 

 Lavender is }) 1 ante d 

 largely for this purpose in 

 Victoria. E. T. Penglase, 

 of Narrang, Victoria, ex- 

 ^'s- 1""- perijuented with some of 



tlie i)lants, and he writes from exjierience: — "AVe 

 grew English Pep|)ermint. Anise, (leraniums, and 

 different kinds of Thyme. AVe did not go in to 

 cultivate extensively, but went far enough to see 

 there was money in it if one had the time to 

 sjiare. Anise grew the best of any we tried, and yielded 

 large crops of seed. One variety of Thyme we have here 

 now grows on the pasture land, and during the long 

 drought was always green. It blooms well and the bees 

 work busily on it.'" 



Scent-farming is confined ])rincipally to the South of 

 France, and hitel\' Algiers. The climate of these 



