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The next two plants, mellilot clover and giant mignonette, 

 are not natives of America. I obtained some seeds of them 

 from that country, have grown them both, and am therefore 

 acquainted with their honey-yielding qualities, and believe, 

 where there is ground to spare, they will pay to grow for honey, 

 though I do not at present advocate growing special crops for 

 honey, unless these crops are profitable in spme other direction. 



Mellilot, or sweet clover (Fig. 138), is a great favourite with 

 bees, though I think of little use for anything else than its 



Fig. 136.— ASTER (Starwart). 



honey, of which it yields a large quantity. It has a delightful 

 perfume when in flower, and scents the air for a long distance. 

 It blooms for nearly four months, lasting right up to near the 

 commencement of winter. It will grow almost anywhere, but 

 does best on fairly good land. It is a biennial, and blossoms 

 the second year ; but it can be made to perpetuate itself by 

 sowing the same land two years in succession. I have had it 

 growing to the height of seven feet. 



