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tanea pumila), is an excellent honey plant in the Caro- 

 linas. 



The horse mint (Fig. 153), Monarda aristata, is sending 

 the bees loaded to their hives with its peculiar aromatic 

 nectar. This, with the buckthorn, yields honey into June. 



Fig. 153. 



Horse Mint, 



This plant often covers acres in Wisconsin and Minnesota. 

 Mr. Freeborn, of Wisconsin, has often secured a large 

 harvest from this jjlant when all else failed. 



The saw palmetto. Sable serulata, forms a dense growth 

 and makes clearing the land no small expense in Florida, 



