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Fig. 124 
RED CLOVER. 
702. The linden, or bass-wood (Tilia Americana, fig. 
125), yields white honey of a strong flavor, and, as it blos- 
soms when both the swarms and parent-colonies are usually 
populous, the weather settled, and other bee-forage scarce, 
its value to the bee-keeper is great. 
* Here their delicious task, the fervent bees 
In swarming millions tend: around, athwart, 
Through the soft air the busy nations fly, 
Cling to the bud, and with inserted tube, 
Suck its pure essence, its etherial soul.”—Tuomson. 
This majestic tree, adorned with beautiful clusters of 
