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mignonette (Reseda grandiflora) as a honey plant. It is a 
plant of vigorous, rapid growth; having a strong, deep-pene- 
trating tap-root, it is very tenacious in its hold upon the soil, 
and will grow, and bloom, and yield a rich return of beautiful 
nectar under the most adverse circumstances ; with a sharp, 
pungent taste, not unlike horse-radish, the foliage is not a 
favorite resort for spiders or insects. Before white clover 
has fairly passed its maximum of excellence, the graceful 
Fia. 87.— Mammoth Mignonette. 
and modest blossoms of the mignonette will have won the 
preference of the discriminating bees. The flowers are 
thickly studded on the points of curving racemes, and as the 
base matures its many pods well filled with diminutive black 
seeds, the point is daily presenting a succession of fresh 
bloom, which continues until winter has fairly set in, thus 
providing each fair day a nectar flow, despite the drenching 
