May Plants. 



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In the South, as I learn from that ahle apiarist, Dr. J. 11. 

 P. Brown, tliey are no less favoreil. The Japan Privet, th(> 

 varnish ti-ee, the aeacia, the hlaek gum and the persimmon, 

 stir the bees up to tlieir best endeavor in ]\Iay. The l)anana 

 blooms not only in IMay, but, as Mr. W. S. llart, of Florida, 

 writes me, it is in blossom the year around. So rich are 

 the flower tubes in nectar that ]\lr. Hart says he could soon 

 gather a tea-cupful by hand of clear beautiful nectar of good 

 flavor. 



Fig. in.l. 



Horse Mint. 



The horse-mint (Fig. 133), Mov.arda aristata, is sending 

 the bees loaded to their hives witii its peculiar aromatic nectar. 

 This with the buckthorn vields honey into June. 



