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Jwie Plants. 



The mustards and rape may be planted in drills about eight 

 inches apart, any time from May 1st to July 15th. Four 

 quarts will sow an acre. 



In this month blooms the tulip tree, U/riodendron tulipifera 

 (Fig. 145) — often called poplar in the South, which is not 

 only an excellent honey producer, but is one of our most 

 stately and admirable shade-trees. Now bloom the sumacs, 



Fig. 145 



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though one species blooms in May, the wild plum, the rasp- 

 berries, whose nectar is unsurpassed in color and flavor, and 



