t-ASTUlJAGH. 



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We should mention also, Ailanthus glandulosus (Varnish 

 tree of China), a large, ornamental tree, which gives an 

 abundance of honey so bad in taste, as to compel the bee- 

 keepers who have some in their neighborhood to extract 

 it as soon as it is gathered, that it may not injure the 

 quality of their crop. 



Fig. 167. 

 FEMALE BLOSSOM. 



Fig. 168. 

 HAZEL NUT. MALE BLOSSOM. 



Bees also visit some of the plants of the grass family, 

 such as corn and sorghum. A plant of this family, the 

 Setaria, or bristly fox-tail grass, is known in France under 

 the name of accrocJie-abeilles, (bee-catcher). Its curved 

 hairs grasp the bees' legs, and the poor insects, unable to 

 free themselves, are soon exhausted, and die. 



