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agated from the seed or cuttings, and can be transplanted 
with certainty, and may be obtained with little trouble. It 
blooms in early July, and yields a white, aromatic honey, of 
superior quality. 
The tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), often called pop- 
lar, is also of rapid growth, hardy, and easily cultivated. 
This makes a beautiful shade, and yields an abundance of 
delicious honey. As a producer it ranks only second to the 
linden, but being a very soft and brittle wood, is not so 
desirable for shade. 
Box-elder (Negundium Americanum) or ash-leaved maple, 
is very desirable for a shade, and being a hard wood, is quite 
valuable for its timber. Like the linden and tulip, it is a 
great favorite with bees, and yields a superior honey. 
Blooming between the two, and forming a beautiful contrast 
in foliage, it might be alternated with the others with nice 
effect. 
_ There are two or three varieties of willows, all good honey- 
producers, which are great favorites as shades, and are 
adapted to all sections of our country. The little care 
required to propagate them, is a recommendation in their 
favor. 
The Eucalyptus or blue gum, will undoubtedly become as 
great a favorite in our Southern States as it is in California, 
and is said to be a superior and beautiful honey-producer. 
The black locusts should not be overlooked in the arrange- 
ment of our selection of shade trees. They are almost cer- 
tain honey-producers. Although the duration of bloom is 
but limited, they yield a bountiful supply of rich nectar, and 
bees will literally swarm among the highly-perfumed blos- 
soms. Hon. G. W. Demaree, of Kentucky, writes as follows 
regarding the locust: ‘The time of year in which it blooms 
nearly filling the interval between the late fruit bloom and 
the white clover, makes it an exceedingly valuable auxiliary 
to the honey harvest in the middle states, if not elsewhere. 
It is a most profuse honey bearer, rivaling the famous linden 
in quality, and only inferior to the product of the latter in 
color. Locust honey cannot be said to be dark in color. It 
is of a rich pale-red color, when in a liquid state; but when 
in the shape of comb honey, its appearance, if removed from 
