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which are also autumn-blooming plants, and allied to each 

 other, would be of great value on that account in these colo- 

 nies, more especially in New Zealand, where there is rather a 



Fiff. 134.— FIGWORT (Scrofularia nodosa). 



scarcity of honey in the fall of the year. With regard to the 

 quality of the honey from these' plants, Mr. Root, when speak- 

 ing of the golden-rods, says : " The honey is very thick, and of 

 a frich golden colour, much like the blossoms. When first 



