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costly green-house plants scattered helter skelter, without 
any pretense to form or model. But when you have laid out 
beautiful models of common plants, your wife will be sure to 
improve their appearance by the addition of a few pet grecn- 
house plants, which are not honey produccrs themselves. 
But they will not drive the bees away from those that do 
produce it. 
“When once we have introduced this novelty in our town, 
we will soon see our neighbors trying to imitate it more or 
less, because of the novelty of it (not for bee forage). But 
our bees will go over and appropriate it to their use just the 
same as if it was purposely for them. But we must keep 
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Fic. 97.—Spike of Giant Mignonette. 
still as to the purpose of such a lawn, and let people just 
think that the novelty of the thing is the main point, if we 
wish them to appreciate it or pattern after it on their own 
lawns. If people in general knew that such a lawn was 
intended for forage for bees, it would lose half its charms in 
their estimation ; but work on, getting up novelties, and say 
nothing about the bee part of it, and you will see that it is 
contagious, and people will gradually fall into novelty lawn 
planting.” 
The American Agriculturist gives, in its March number, 
1882, the following excellent advice, bearing upon the sub- 
ject of selecting the fittest for general honey bloom. We 
take pleasure in recommending its careful perusal to those 
