PLANTS SUITABLE FOR BEE-CULTURE, 89 



" A LIST OF PLANTS SUITABLE FOR BEE- 

 CULTURE, 



Excluding those commonly grown in the kitchen garden 

 and orchard : compiled by Dr. Miinter, director of the 

 botanic garden of Greifswald." The following list, ex- 

 tracted from the above work, may be of interest to some 

 of our readers who are bee-keepers. We may note that 

 Greifswald Hes in about 54° 5' N. lat., and about 13° E. 

 long., hence its spring is about a fortnight or three weeks 

 Lter than in England : — 



(Yielding honey, unless otherwise stated.) 

 7. — For the period from March i till the middle of April. 



Frythronium Cens-canis 



Scilla amcena 



Galanthus nivalis 



Leucojum vernum 



Crocus vernus 



Daphne Mezereum 



Corylus tubulosa, pollen 



Primula officinalis 



Lamium maculatum (also pollen) 



Pulmonaria officinalis 



Symphytum orientale 



Petasites niveus (also pollen) 



„ officinalis (also pollen) 

 Sambucus racemosus 



Corn us mascula 

 Ribes Sangulneum 

 Viola odorata 

 Saxifraga casspitosa 



„ hypnoides 



Arabis alpina (also pollen) 

 Aubrietia columnas (also pollen) 



„ deltoidea (also pollen) 



„ microstyla (also pollen) 



Corydalis cava 



„ solida 



Eranthis hyemalis 

 Helleborus niger 



//, — From the middle of April until the end of May, 



Taxus baccata (pollen) 

 Picea alba (pollen) 

 Erythronium Dens-canis 

 SciUa amcena 

 Hyacinthus orientalis 

 Ornithogalum nutans 

 Fritillaria imperial is 



Galanthus nivalis 

 Leucojum vernum 

 Crocus vernus 



„ germanica 



„ gramineus 

 Polygonum Bistorta (also pollen) 

 Daphne Mezereum 



