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cies of Arctostaphylos), together with the willows and many 

 other flowering plants, keep the bees busy from January till 

 March. The Gilias, many of which furnish blue pollen, bloom 

 in January and on till June. The wondrously fragrant orange 

 and lemon hang out their profuse bloom even in January, and 

 the lemon is always in bloom. Some species of gum eucalyp- 



FiG. 206. 



Pepper. — On'fjinal. 



tus (Fig. 20S) is in bloom nearly every month of the year. The 

 beautiful peppers (Fig. 206), so exquisite in grace, have a very 

 wide period of bloom. The eucalyptus honey is agreeable, as 

 I have surely proved. I think the pepper only furnishes pollen 

 extensively. The tree is dioecious. The female trees are the 

 more attractive for the red fruit of winter. They are tran- 

 scendently beautiful for roadside planting, as are many of the 

 gums. 



