262 May Plants. 



The barberry , too, Berberis vulgaris (Fig. 130V cornea after 

 fruit blossoms, and is thronged with bees in search of nectar 



Fig. 129. Fig. 130. 



Chinese Wistaria. 



in spring , as with children in winter, in quest of the beautiful 

 scarlet berries, so pleasingly tart. 



In California, the sumac, the h orehoun d. the famous black 

 sage (Fig. 131), Audibertia Palmeri, or more correctly 

 U'reehostema lanatum, (there are two other species less common,) 

 with its most beautiful and delicious honey, and the more 

 common, and hardly less excellent white sa ge, Audibertia 

 polystaehia, (Fig. 132), keep the bees roaring with activity, 

 in favorable seasons, from ADril even unto June. 



